Premier and Deputy Premier test positive for COVID
Premier Andrew Fahie and Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley have tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement released on Christmas Eve, Premier Fahie indicated that neither he nor Dr Wheatley are experiencing any adverse effects of the virus at this time.
“I want the public, from Districts One to Nine, to know that I am in good spirits. I am feeling as normal as can be, and I continue to perform my duties and responsibilities as Premier remotely. I am pleased to report also that the Deputy Premier is also feeling strong and is also expected to have a full recovery. He also continues to perform the duties of his office remotely. To all this I say to God alone be all the glory,” Premier Fahie stated.
“I have also been advised that due to being fully vaccinated and having recently taken the booster shot, this has contributed to my immune system being in the best possible position to ‘fight off’ the virus and its possible negative effects; thereby giving me the best chance for a full and fast recovery,” he further explained.
Premier Fahie said health officials had prompted him to get tested because he had come in close contact with someone who had recently tested positive for COVID-19.
The leader of government’s business learned that he was positive late Friday afternoon, December 24.
“Following the Health protocols and in an effort to assist with contact tracing, all my recent contacts were reported to the Health Officials. My entire family was also tested but all results received thus far are negative. Due to the aforementioned results, I am following the instructions of the Health Professionals to isolate for 10 days,” Fahie stated.
“At this time I also want to ask for Prayers for all of our brothers and sisters in the Virgin Islands who have also recently tested positive. The current numbers show that just over 140 persons in the Virgin Islands are now on the active positive list. Let’s Pray to GOD for a speedy recovery for each of us as the Deputy Premier and I are part of those numbers. To the families who have to spend this Holiday Season as their first Holiday Season without their loved ones, especially those lives that were loss due to COVID-19, we ask God to be their refuge and strength during this difficult period. May the Peace of GOD be with them and us all,” the Premier added.
He continued: “We must remember that COVID-19 is fluid, and neither the Virgin Islands nor any other country in the world is out of the woods. Let us, therefore, increase our vigilance and adherence to mask-wearing, social distancing, and hand hygiene. I am encouraging everyone, in the words of the Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald Georges, if you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, I am pleading with you to call the medical hotline at 852-7650, that is 852-7650. We must be vigilant for symptoms and strict about staying at home to limit the spread of the infection.”
“If you think you have contracted COVID or are exhibiting the symptoms of COVID please immediately self-isolate and seek to be tested by either a PCR or rapid COVID test. You can access PCR testing at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital Tent by registering at https://althea.bvi.care and by calling the Medical Hotline at 852 7650 if you have any symptoms of COVID. Alternatively, private medical establishments also provide PCR testing, and rapid antigen type tests.”
News that Premier Fahie has tested positive for COVID-19 comes at a time when COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the territory. There are currently more than 100 active cases in the territory; the vast majority of which are on the main island of Tortola.
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Folks, the masks you are all wearing are useless and this has been determined well over a year ago. The masks do not protect you or others from getting corvid. It is a band aid that should be eliminated.
You are correct.
While it may stop the water droplets from your mouth and nose, once its in the air it does not stop you from breathing it in.
As you said, this has been known for a while.
The virus is carried in droplets you dumb people .
You could say the same thing about seat belts. They don’t necessarily prevent you from dying from dying in a car accident, though they have saved many.
Masks have saved zero, so I don’t see the comparison.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/27/best-masks-covid-tests-cloth-surgical-respirators
The queen cancelled her xmas party but kim jong foy refused to cancel his
Y’all must have some sad, pathetic life to come on a news site to post some horse $h!t on Christmas day. Fahie living rent free in your mind to not even take a day off on the biggest holiday worldwide.
I swear i saw him giving out turkey and ham and i also saw his driver moonlighting in an arab store as a security guard
And those
children he was playing santa to
DEM PLAYING SMART LOOKING SYMPATHY VOTES
Only You would come up with BS Like That.
God had nothing to do with this. Dear Leader ignored his own protocols and continues to interact with the unvaccinated. It was only a matter of time.
Vaccinated or not you can still get it ..stop blaming the unvaccinated
Vaccinated or not . Everyone is getting this virus. Stop blaming the unvaccinated.
Then get vaccinated and I won’t
I will still blame the unvaccinated.
How about we stop the pandemic and all get vaccinated. That way we stop it from getting to our shores and killing us.
But no, you tin foil hat wearing fools choose to keep us all in danger. How rude and selfish.
You obvious have not been paying attention. Fully vaccinated countries are still experiencing several waves of covid infection
Yall sounding like a cult at this point. All the evidence in front of you and you refuse to renig.
The vaccine will not stop the pandemic. Stop shaming ppl who dont want it, stay quiet and take your booster ecer 6 months
Monkey know what tree to climb.
And sheep follow the leader.
Right off a cliff
HAVANA, Cuba – Cuba has vaccinated more of its citizens against COVID-19 than most of the world’s largest and richest nations, a milestone that will make the poor, communist-run country a test case as the highly contagious Omicron variant begins to circle the globe. The Caribbean island has vaccinated over 90% of its population with at least one dose, and 83% of the population is now fully inoculated, placing it second globally behind only the United Arab Emirates among countries of at least 1 million people, according to official statistics compiled by ‘Our World in Data.’Infections and deaths from COVID-19 have plunged on the island in recent weeks, falling to less than 1% of their peak on Aug. 22, when fewer than half its citizens were vaccinated. Please stop your stupidity.
Yup
Vaccinations work. Period
Wishing a full recovery to both men. There is no doubt that their being fully vaccinated will make the difference here. I anticipate their full recovery.
The important message here is that while vaccines will not prevent an infection, having them on board gives a person a fighting chance to avoid severe illness, hospital admission, ventilation, and death.
All the best. Get well soon. Merry Xmas.
98% of ppl had more than a fighting chance before the vaccine was a thing.
You chose not to take the vaccine on your own accord. However, you don’t have to spread unscientific lies to justify your stupidity. Keep it up, you will understand the risk you have taken by remaining unvaccinated.
Prayers for a speedy recovery.
To God alone be the glory.
Once you don’t put Marlon in charge of the Bvi
The little boy even can’t run his little house
Oopsie!!! prime example why i don’t and won’t need the jingle jab it makes no sense what so ever best them had keep it on a hush
Then we exclude you from nhi. If you get sick, you’re on your own
Why doesn’t the BVI have monoclonal antibodies? They have been available in America for over a year? Why is this amazing cure being with held from the Covid19 positive of the British Virgin Islands? What is the reason?
Yu think it free?
Guh tek di vaccine.
Why dont you open your purse purhase it . Did u even thank the UK for what they have already given us.
Not everything is a handout,not even in these VI.
Trying to fool and persuade we again to take booster shot playing the “I got covid but no symptoms because of boosted immune system due to the vaccine and booster shot.”
Buh he giving out ham and turkey and tshirt. How many people he came in contact with Wednesday night in West? They contact traced them? They all in isolation? All tested?
https://youtu.be/0Su878hS_wg .
Omnicron is nothing more than a cold and the END of COVID.. Celebrate. . . go ahead
Glad you feel it that way.
Enjoy your sickness
I am. Merry Omicristmas!
Just saw the Premiers car with flashers on heading East? Is he still here and ok or going away for treatment?
Plane just land