JOST VAN DYKE ON 24 HOUR LOCKDOWN DUE TO COVID-19 EXPOSURE
Written by Fuze Team on July 22, 2020
In an effort to guard, prevent, and reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all residents and visitors on Jost Van Dyke are to remain at home under quarantine for a period of seven (7) days which started on Tuesday July 21st.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Carvin Malone issued the Public Health (COVID-19 Control and Suppression Measures- Jost Van Dyke) Order after the reports of an airline passenger who travelled from the Territory on July 15 and tested positive on arrival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The order will end on July 28 at 5:01 a.m. which is subject to change based on conditions provided by the Health Emergency Operations Centre.
Under the Order, residents on Jost Van Dyke public are to remain at home for 24 hours daily at their place of residence including their yard space and are not to come out on the street for the full seven-day period.
It says that no person or vessel are permitted to travel to or from Jost Van Dyke except with the permission of the Minister for Health and Social Development in consultation with the Joint Task Force comprising of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, Customs and the Immigration Department.
The order says Any persons residing or have visited the island of Jost Van Dyke will be subject to robust contact tracing and COVID-19 community testing by the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority within the period.
