U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2014 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said during his weekly COVID-19 update that beginning Monday, July 13, residents of Arizona, Florida and Texas must present test results showing they are negative for COVID-19 or positive for COVID-19 antibodies upon their arrival into the Territory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Test should be taken within 72 hours of arriving in the U.S. Virgin Islands, or visitors can opt to take a test when they arrive. Individuals who do not show test results or take a test locally must go into a 14-day quarantine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new travel policy will be reassessed after two weeks to determine whether states need to be added to or removed from the list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cI must note that so far, we have had only three tourists who have tested positive for the virus since June 1, when we reopened,\u201d Governor Bryan said. \u201cWe as locals need to be vigilant about our family and friends returning home and insist that they get tested before they come and limit their interaction with the general community for 14 days no matter where they are coming from.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Governor said the policy applies to residents of the three states on the list or people who have spent a significant amount of time in any of those states, but it does apply to travelers who are passing through, such as to change planes in Fort Lauderdale or Miami.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis recent spike in COVID-positive cases in the Territory is alarming, yes. But this is what we have been preparing for,\u201d Governor Bryan said. \u201cWe built up our capacity and are in a much better position to handle this ow than we were in early March. We continue to find ways to expand our testing capacity. We have more beds, more ventilators and more data on how to control spread and battle surges.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Limetree Bay Refinery<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The Governor also said that increased safety measures have been put in place at the Limetree Bay refinery on St. Croix.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Effective immediately, there is a temporary hold on incoming travel of new contractors into the Territory. The refinery also has instituted controls on the movement into and out of the man camp and trying to restrict as much as possible the people leaving and returning to the facility.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWe continue our efforts to guard against an outbreaking the facility and after an emergency meeting this weekend with the management of Limetree, we have implemented increased measures to keep the employees and our community safe,\u201d Governor Bryan said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n COVID-19 cases<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2014 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said during his weekly COVID-19 update that beginning Monday, July 13, residents of Arizona, Florida and Texas must present test results showing they are negative for COVID-19 or positive for COVID-19 antibodies upon their arrival into the Territory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-post"],"yoast_head":"\n