Multiplying fast! BVI’s active COVID cases rocket to 91!
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the BVI has nearly doubled within the last 24 hours.
Just yesterday, June 30, the Ministry of Health reported that the territory had 49 active cases — up from the 13 recorded days earlier. Today, that number surged to 91.
Eighty-two of those cases are located on Tortola while the remaining nine are on Virgin Gorda.
“The Chief Medical Officer has been directed to issue a comprehensive statement outlining the measures taken by government, statutory bodies, public and private institutions, private companies, and public and private individuals to lessen the negative effect of the virus,” Health Minister Carvin Malone said in a public statement Thursday evening, July 1.
And while renewing calls for persons to get vaccinated, Malone reminded residents that the territory’s current batch of vaccines will expire on July 31.
This gives unvaccinated persons until July 3 to get their first dose; setting the framework to get their second dose before the expiration date.
“If you are not going to do it for you, do it for your parents, your grandparents, your great-aunts and uncles. They are our most vulnerable who are impacted by this disease,” the minister urged.
“If you are not going to do it for you then do it for your children. At the end of the day, we are hoping that the protection of the adult population will, in turn, protect each child under the age of 17 in this territory,” Malone added.
He continued: If you’re not going to do it for you, then do it for your employers. Every person vaccinated in a workplace continues to protect other employees to ensure that work continues, services continue to be rendered and you can get paid.”
The minister reiterated that new, more aggressive COVID variants continue to emerge as the virus mutates and spreads from one region to another.
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Someone going to die due to the ignorance of those who refuse to vaccinate.
Do you know how many been vaccinated? Stupes.
The government publishes the figures. If, as seems possible, you can’t read, get a friend to tell you.
Fully vaccinated 9254
Partly vaccinated 12,993
Surely it is now time to require anybody who has not been vaccinated to stay at home 24/7 until the numbers are reduced.
As we are seeing, lockdowns just kick the can down the road. Getting everyone vaccinated then letting it spread is the long term answer.
Those who won’t vaccinate will have to take their chance. Some will die.
You have a 500 percent chance of the jab killing you then covid-19. Your country isn’t telling the truth. We’ll pray… I have 4 dead from the shot please do a review from the University of UT Dio lab 4.
Doctor my big toe. You lie.
You have a 500 percent chance of the jab killing you then covid-19. Your country isn’t telling the truth. We’ll pray… I have 4 dead from the shot please do a review from the University of UT Dio lab 4.
Why dont they say that the vaccinated is the one who sick…stop spreading death it’s not a vaccine and has not been approved by the FDA
WHAT KIND OF DUMB, IGNORANT PERSON ARE YOU? WHAT PART OF THE BUSH THAT YOU GREW IN? NO WONDER SOME OF YOU IS REFER TO AS BUSH PEOPLE. MAYBE IT WOULD HELP IF YOU STOP WATCHING YOU TUBE SO MUCH.
Who is the FDA? An American agency. It was approved by other agencies.
You have a 500 percent chance of the jab killing you then covid-19. Your country isn’t telling the truth. We’ll pray… I have 4 dead from the shot please do a review from the University of UT Dio lab 4.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU THINK OR BELIEVE THIS IS A PLOY TO GET PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED, BUT IT IS NOT. IF THE CASES IS RISING IN THE BVI, WE ARE GOING TO GO ON COMPLETE LOCK DOWN AGAIN.
You have a 500 percent chance of the jab killing you then covid-19. Your country isn’t telling the truth. We’ll pray… I have 4 dead from the shot please do a review from the University of UT Dio lab 4.
I just got to laugh
YOU CAN LAUGH ALL THE F**K YOU WANT. I HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE YOU DONOT END UP RUNNING TO THE ER WHEN YOU START THROWING UP, CANNOT BREATH AND RUNNING A FEVER. ARE YOU GOING TO LAUGH THEN? COVID IS STARTING TO SETTLE IN ON THE ISLAND. IF THE CASES CONTINUE TO RISE, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK ON LOCK DOWN AND CURFEW AGAIN. THANKS TO YOU SET OF HARD HEADED IGNORANT JACKA**ES. WE GO BACK ON LOCK DOWN IT WILL BE FINE WITH ME.
Keep laughing until you get it, then don’t go to hospital, treat yourself with your meds
Let them treat themselves with the bush tea and a good sea water soak like some of them is saying. WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS. NUFF OF THEM IS GOING TO BE RUNNING TO THE HOSPITAL SOON.
So much for all the hard work last year
Locking down the the islands woth just a few cases…separating loves ones from re entering and now this.. well dont waste time lock it again now.
It’s too late for a lock down. The virus is fully among us. Time to get vaccinated – don’t be selfish
This could be the big wave as predicted. There will be many more asymptotic cases spreading it around. The old, sick and overweight are in danger.
Get vaccinated.
Diabetes patients are especially vulnerable. Those who get the virus are more likely to get more sick and be in the ICU and on a ventilator.
The mortality rate for them is close to 80%.
Are we sure we are not using flu test kits to test for covid..cause something is wrong..Do we still send samples to Trinidad for testing..We need to start doing that again to get proper results..
Guess you work in the lab. FYI: The test kit used also checks for influenza A and B
It will get worse. Too many people have not taken the vaccine to protect themselves and others as well as the community at large inclusive og the economy.
They have bought into conspiracy theories hook, line, and sinker, and will pay the price if they don’t protect themselves soon.
When people start showing up @ the hospital gasping for air and realize the hospital is overwhelmed, and they are facing death in the eye, they will come to their senses if its not too late.
Im done trying to convince people to save themselves and stop listening to conspiracies. To each his own.
This is just the beginning. I anticipate it will get worse. Just a matter of time. Ignorance will be a death sentence for some. Saddle up. All the best.
People have had the opportunity to follow good scientific advice from the BVI’s best doctors. If they have chosen to ignore this advice and not get vaccinated, then they and only they are responsible if they get sick or die. BUT, if they jam the hospital through their ignorance, then everyone else will be affected.
Agree with your comment 100%. When COVID HIT LAST YEAR, THE BVI WAS SPARED THE BLUNT FORCE OF WHAT COVID CAN DO. SOME. I AM FULLY VACCINATED AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW PROTOCOLS. IF THEY LIFT THE MASK MANDATE, I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE.
What about the kids that cannot take it? They should die too? You sound like an idiot! Not everyone who gets covid will be gasping for air either.
Educate your self and read carefully before you make false assertions. Go and take a covid vaccine and stop being ignorant.
The difference between the truth and a conspiracy theory is 2 months. You have a 500 percent chance of the jab killing you then covid-19. Your country isn’t telling the truth. We’ll pray… I have 4 deads from the shot please do a review from the University of UT Dio lab 4.
Dr You have a motive and do not care one damn about black people. Get off this site blogging nonsense. We are not interested in your opinion.
HOW MANY OF THE 91 ARE VAXINATED?
A few well
Relevance?
Unfortunately we don’t that knowledgeable people here to give that kind of data!
The vaccine doesn’t prevent one from contracting the virus. However, the vaccine lessen the side effects, lower the death rate and decrease transmission as most persons will be asymptotic thus decreasing the spread. The vaccine is working in first world countries with a high vaccine rate per capita. Praying for the BVI
Your statement is completely false! The vaccine lessens the impact of the virus on the vaccinated but it absolutely does NOT lessen the spread.
Being asymptomatic because of the vaccine does not change the rate of the viral spread. We could still have 100 active cases even if 35000 people in the BVI are fully vaccinated.
Total ignorant crap. The vaccine prevents the disease occurring in 92-98% of those vaccinated. They never have it.
In your comment, there appears seems to be one of desperation? Perhaps doubting your own wisdom vaccinations or not mask up and fill the cupboard with staples. Another lockdown is the only way to stop this cycle. Look like you got a variant. Everyone else does, BVI is special, but not that special. Now in 4 months we can maybe take the masks off. Maybe.
About two weeks ago the Government made a decision to allow for vaccinated travelers to enter without quarantine and entry test. This was done to appease the cruise ship companies and then the locals who would have made noise for their exclusion. Now we are seeing this surge so this is no coincidence. It is also no coincidence that the Government is refusing to release complete figures of who is vaccinated or unvaccinated out of those testing positive and in addition who has mild symptoms and who are asymptomatic. This would help people to get a true picture of what is happening so we do not have to rely on rumor and innuendo. This may well help their vaccination campaign so why not release the data? Then again that is not part of their agenda. This is why there is so much distrust.
Israel is one of the most inoculated countries in the world and they are experiencing major spikes where 50% of the persons are fully vaccinated:
https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-50-of-delta-variant-cases-vaccinated-severe-2021-6
Even though people can be hospitalized and can die despite being fully vaccinated:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/covid-breakthrough-cases-cdc-says-more-than-4100-people-have-been-hospitalized-or-died-after-vaccination.html
So now we are reaping what we sowed.
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Listen people if you know someone in the UK call them and ask them what vaccine they are taking in the UK, i spoke to an friend of mind in the UK they taking the moderna vaccine not the same astrazeneca vaccine that the UK made, this crap make no sense at all why not take what u made.
Fool… why spout false information?
Everyone I know here in the UK has had the astra Zeneca vaccine and are all fine !
I do have two brothers living in the UK. They received the same type we have available here. Stop spreading false information
Most people in the UK have taken the Astra Zeneca vaccine; and it has worked very well.
Well to clarify, the AstraZeneca vaccine was used in the UK for begging of the year, moderna was not even available to them yet. If you are to call and ask anyone now they will say that they are indeed now using the moderna. Reason being was the Uk changed the guidelines for the vaccine and said only those above the age of I think it was 50 will be getting the AstraZeneca shot. Due to the number of cases of blood clots. However everyone that went for the vaccine before April all got the same vaccine that we got here. The moderna is not with out it’s one side effects, last article I read they had a few hundred cases of the mussle around the heart inflaming or swelling.
There are two reasons why not everyone in the UK is taking the AZ vaccine:- (\
1) it is not always available as it’s production cannot keep up with demand, and
2) the EU is upset with the UK for hogging the AZ vaccine several months ago, so now a few of the EU countries are not recognizing it for allowing entrance into the EU.
I live in the UK. Most people I know have had the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine. Moderna is being used but launched later than the others (so I know less people who have been given this one).
Did anyone notice the unmasked and all the hollering at the graduation among the students and attendees? No speaker cleaned the the microphone before handing it to the next person and no speaker cleaned it before speaking. They behaved as if this was pre-COVID times.
Because they don’t care
Get rid of the corrupt custom and immigration officers, if we stop the nightly runs between USVI and BVI we can control this
Agree
Those officers are to blame for corruption, drugs, guns, and evil cats.
COI = U.K. return
Don’t beg for vaccination, make it mandatory
You know how many unvaccinated voters there are? VIP want to go back into power so they will not do that.
THE ONES THAT ONLY TOOK THE FIRST DOSE AND NEVER COMPLETE THE SECOND DOSE IS AT A MUCH HIGHER RISK TO GET COVID. WHY TAKE THE FIRST DOSE AND NOT THE SECOND? NOW THE DELTA VARIANT IS STARTING TO SPREAD.
Bottom line is no one is dying or even very sick. Stop thinking covid is a death threat. It is not . Older folks and folks who have underlying problem may die but that is life.
Did you read the article posted in 2020 that stated over 10,000 people in the B.V.I are getting treatment of hypertension? If we use the 2019 number of 30,000 people living here……. that paints a pretty dark picture. Furthermore how many people know if they have underlying illness, very few people go and get yearly checkups and only go by the doctor when they feel unwell.
Imagine those statistics…where the f**k Malone been on these?
But everything out his mouth could be Covid…we have had a health crisis here for DECADES!!!!
Carvin and his gangster boss are to blame for the this.
Stop blaming others, take responsibility for your own actions, and be a part of the solution.
I believe the Minister of Health has done his best to either get the word out to encourage people to get vaccinated or keep the number of cases down. What the hell more do you guys expect this man to do when many of you are turning a deaf ear to his pleadings?
Some of your thinking is political given the COI, but some people need to stop thinking politics on this complex medical issue, use their common sense, and protect themselves.
Leave the Minister of Health alone and take responsibility for your own actions and health. Own it. If you get covid after refusing to get vaccinated, its your own darn fault.
The Government is now looking into having vaccinated persons tested on arrival using Rapid Testing. I wonder why all of a sudden?
That was the plan initially and then they shelved that for the Cruise Company. Similar to the Beach fiasco they now have to roll back. This is why I will never take that vaccine. You cannot trust these guys.
Now a new Government flyer saying vaccinated persons should still wear masks, hand sanitize and social distance. No shit Sherlock, you can’t make this shit up.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/24/israel-prepares-to-reinstate-mask-mandate-as-delta-variant-drives-new-covid-surge/?sh=7552d0166d09
Folks, get your Worrywine bush, and drink while in qurantine!
This is what folks here are drinking..
Our elders are in great knowledge of this remedy!
Get yours today !
Fir identitylease,if possible, show a photo of the Worrywine. My memory needs a jolt.
What I want to know firstly is ,how many are vaccinated and secondly how many will recover. I think when releasing data in the media it should give us those details and accurately… no falsifying. Who knows the data may help some in their decision to vaccinate. I noticed that the majority of these cases usually recover but that data never tries to highlight the triumphs..Let us get an accurate look at the data.. This is a chance for the BVI to study the symptoms of both the vaccinated and unvaccinated closely.. Yes we rely on the data studied by others but this is your chance to actually say you have proven this or that. Just my opinion.
Yes we have 90 + Covid cases, I would really like to know what VARIENT or STRAIN is infecting persons locally. I am sure other persons are suspicious like me and want to know.
I don’t think we have the equipment here to analyse the variants
IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO ON LOCK DOWN FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, HIT THUMBS UP. IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD NOT GO ON LOCK DOWN FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, PRESS THUMBS DOWN. TO MANY CASES IS POPPING UP AT A ALARMING RATE.
The current stats show that lockdown has been a complete waist time…lock down again for what? To further stress people into taking the lick?
They locked us down, locked the country down, and then opened it back up, allowing asymptomatic virus carriers to bring it in willynilly and now you want to consider Lockdown again?
DA MEK SENSE!!!!???
They should open the Territory. There were ample attempts to vaccinate the population and many still don’t want it. Why should we all suffer for a few? We are told to get back to normal you must vaccinate, many of us have vaccinated and are now forced to cancel this, cancel that for what? When will enough be enough? The Territory is being held hostage and for what?
gohsssss!! the vaccine is only for you not to get worse thats all! noothing alse
That’s all, you say? Nothing else?….
STOP believing the vaccine will solve all your Covid problems. I am a US Citizen and you are destroying your tourism industry over the endless fear of a virus with a 0.02% chance of death!!! Viruses spread and “everyone” will GET Covid if you haven’t already had it. I work in health care and can tell you that if you think you will never get Covid OR if you believe that the only way to open the BVI completely is when Covid no longer exists, you will perish.
I am a US citizen and I can tell you that you are all being unwise as it relates to Covid. You are destroying your country’s tourism from a virus with an already low 99.8% rate of recovery if you get Covid. STOP thinking Covid is a death sentence because it is not. COVID rates will NEVER go to ZERO! Ever! It is a virus and it is here to stay. Vaccines do not guarantee that you will not get Covid nor will they guarantee that you will not die from Covid. We cancelled our trip to the BVI due to the stupid quarantine rules and just spent almost $20,000 US dollars on a 10-day vacation in Turks & Caicos (another British territory) and there was none of this fear over Covid and no lockdowns. STOP listening to all the baseless fear and propaganda and tell Mr. Malone and others on your beautiful islands that if you destroy your tourism industry over a 0.02% chance of mortality from Covid, you will have lost your ability to provide for your families!!!! If you think I’m just one person, go look at the posts on FaceBook for The Soggy Dollar Bar on JVD and see what all the Americans are saying about coming to the BVI – everyone is cancelling.