VI extends travel ban on UK, DR, Brazil & South Africa
Travel bans were first placed on the United Kingdom and the Dominican Republic on January 11, 2021, and Brazil and South Africa were added to the list on January 28, 2021.
The Immigration and Passport (Prohibition of Entry) Order, 2021, had expired on March 11, 2021.
The new Order, signed by Governor John J. Rankin, CMG came into force on March 12, 2021, and shall cease to apply on May 31, 2021, unless “the time period prescribed herein is extended by the Governor by Order after consultation with the Minister, for such further period as may be specified.”
Public safety
The Order, put in place to promote public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, does not apply to certain categories of persons coming to the territory.
These include nationals, belongers, residents, work permit holders, persons permitted to reside in the territory, diplomats and persons employed by government and statutory agencies.
Those returning from those locations would be mandated to undergo 14 days of quarantine.
The Virgin Islands is one of the few countries in the world with zero reported active cases of COVID-19.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/21/979781065/european-scientists-zero-in-on-astrazeneca-blood-clot-link
Now, a group of German researchers, led by professor Andreas Greinacher at the University of Greifswald, said on Friday in a statement that they believe the AstraZeneca vaccine, in some cases, prompts overactivation of platelets in the blood, which can then cause potentially deadly clots. They said it's similar to what happens with a condition called heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Greinacher and his colleagues analyzed the 13 cases of cerebral blood clots reported in Germany following the administration of roughly 1.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in that country. Of the 13 cases, 12 were women, and all the cases occurred between four and 16 days after the shot was administered. The EMA had also noted that almost all the reported clotting incidents were in women under the age of 55.
Greinacher and his colleagues say that in four of the patients, they were able to isolate and identify the specific antibodies that provoke the immune reaction leading to the cerebral blood clots.
While Greinacher and his colleagues were studying the cases in Germany, researchers at the Oslo University Hospital were investigating three post-vaccination blood clots in Norway. All the Norwegian cases were health care workers under the age of 50. One of them has since died.
Professor Pål Andre Holme told the Norwegian newspaper VG that he's confident they've identified antibodies prompted by the vaccine that caused an overreaction by the immune system leading to the blood clots.
"Our theory that this is a strong immune response that most likely comes after the vaccine," Holme said. It's the same theory that Greinacher and his colleagues have put forward in Germany.
"There is no other thing than the vaccine that can explain this immune response," he said.
Pushed by the local newspaper as to why he's so confident, Holme added that there's "no other history in these patients that can give such a strong immune response. I'm pretty sure it's these antibodies that's the cause, and I see no other reason than that it's the vaccine that triggers it."
Not everyone, including the European Medicines Agency, is convinced that the cause of these clots has been found.
On Friday, the EMA said that there is "no increase in overall risk of blood clots" among people who've gotten the AstraZeneca vaccine. The European regulator said it had reports of 25 clots so far among the roughly 20 million people who've received the AstraZeneca shot. The EMA, however, didn't rule out a possible connection entirely. "A causal link with the vaccine is not proven," the EMA said in a statement, "but is possible and deserves further analysis."
look at miami beach right now. those fools are out there on spring break...just like last year...thousands of people close quarter....Miami thought they were smart reopening for spring break. You would think they would have learned from last year.
stricter sta dards you say. ..humph !
what if you have received the full course of vaccine ? still 14 days ? what if you enter on the cruise ship which has been given the green light to la d here in June ( without quarrentine..but all on board must have received the vaccine. )
it just seems that this is not consistant.
please advise.
respectfully submitted