Woman tests positive locally for COVID-19- Hon Malone
This brings the confirmed cases in the Virgin Islands to four. Two persons tested positive have so far been deemed recovered.
“We have a resident who has finally reported themselves and she is hospitalised now. She has been locally tested and the results seem to be positive.”
Hon Malone said it was his understanding that the woman had shown symptoms before but she did not report her condition to health officials “for whatever reason.”
Sample to be sent to CARPHA
According to Hon Malone, a sample from the woman will be sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad for further testing and confirmation.
“The results will be collected tomorrow by the RSS, Regional Security System, as I have mentioned here before, they come Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will take the results down to Trinidad and on return we will have the official [results],” Hon Malone explained.
7 quarantined
The Health Minister also disclosed that the contact tracing team is fully at work and that samples taken from 7 persons who were in contact with the individual have so tested negative; however, samples will still be sent to CARPHA.
The seven persons in the meantime will be quarantined, Hon Malone said, adding that additional contact tracing will be done.
The Virgin Islands is scheduled to come out of a 24/7 lockdown from Monday, April 20, 2020.
More details to follow.
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97 Responses to “Woman tests positive locally for COVID-19- Hon Malone”
You are the reason why we cant legalize marijuana.
I pray that the hand of God would touch her body and he would heal her. Miracles still happen if we believe. Lets all Exercise our faith in God.
Countries with low confirmed cases have wide spread testing and tracing (privacy must be strictly adhered to), ie, Iceland, Norway.........etc. The Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an existential threat to the VI and its residents and it must be taken seriously. Globally, there are over 2,000,000 confirmed cases and over 140,000 deaths. There are no consistent treatment protocols or cure or vaccine and the current best management practices are social/physical distancing, quarantining, isolation, curfews, border closure .......etc.
Until a vaccine is found and produced, these mitigation practices will have to be adhered to, albeit perhaps at a modified levels. Moreover, PAHO is indicating that in the coming weeks infection rates in the Caribbean will surge and deaths may increase. Consequently, the BVI must be vigilant and take the necessary protective practices.
These protective practices, ie, shuttering the border, slow trade with neighbors/partners, curfews, social/physical distancing......etc will imposed hardships on VI residents. These hardships will include a) rising unemployment, b)business closure, c)lack of outdoor recreation, d)reduce personal social interaction..........etc. On the other hand, they will result in lower accidents, lower crime rate, more family bonding...........etc.
Moreover, the required protective mitigation practices have impacted employment and lack of income for many saved for government workers. Residents have had to lean on savings to get by but for the many savings are being depleted. Paying the rent, putting food on the table, maintaining transportation, maintaining telecommunications ......etc are real challenges for the masses, for the many. Thus, government must step up to the plate and offer some urgent help, ie, housing, food and medical allocations.........etc. Tap into that reserve fund. Governor Jaspert, the crown rep, has indicate that it should. The Guv says that the VI has a healthy reserve fund and social security trust fund is robust. The UK delay in providing displaced workers assistance as the Premier requested is not because of bureaucracy or because it is slow or because it does not have the means.
peoples this is real. what about the rest peoples who live in the house with her.
advise and suggestion and just nitpicking the lingo and typo. The writer meant ‘compress’ and not ‘compass’ Quite agree with what was said.
Together we will beat COVID-19
If you disbelieve the information that the government is releasing to us, then you only have to look at the other territories in the Caribbean and say to those leaders that they are spreading fake news and trying to scare people. It is better to be forewarned and take the necessary measures to protect yourself. There was a wedding in the Dominica Republic and many visitors from New York traveled there to attend the wedding. As a result the virus spread rapidly and the last count of confirmed cases in that country is over 3000 persons. I guessed we don't want that to happen here. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. I would suggest the persons spend some time to surf the internet and gather information about this deadly virus and take maximum precaution to avoid infection.
This is not a joke
Stereotyping is prejudicial. Let someone stereotype you you’ll see how quick there’s a protest against it.
The result "seem" to be positive!!..... seem to be? That's not accurate reporting Mr. Minister. Come better than that. This is life and death dice roll here.
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Shouldn't her identity ,area of residence and photo be revealed.
Are there plans for a mass testing. Do we have enough testing equipment for the whole population.
2. No and No. The territory has only around 1000 test kits.
We as the community has to sit down and wonder are we getting a lockdown ? What are y’all doing
It was told it’s true on the news but our so call premier is yet to announce this . I just can’t deal with this anymore
Standing next to this known infected individual during the shoppijng frenzy a few weeks ago, many many folks and it is a chain with no ending.
The third interface as a sick person before being tested!
Please, get with it and start testing!! Test! TEST!