{"id":736,"date":"2020-07-31T21:43:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T21:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vi.gov\/covid\/?p=736"},"modified":"2020-08-02T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T00:29:36","slug":"governor-bryan-implores-senators-to-take-action-on-mass-gatherings-law-as-pandemic-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vi.gov\/covid\/news-post\/governor-bryan-implores-senators-to-take-action-on-mass-gatherings-law-as-pandemic-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Bryan Implores Senators to Take Action on Mass Gatherings Law as Pandemic Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2013 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. sent a letter on Friday to Senate President Novelle Francis Jr. imploring him to get the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Legislature to take action on a bill to restrict mass gatherings as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Governor Bryan sent the proposed legislation to the Legislature in December in response to a shooting at the large Floatopia party at Fort Frederik Beach that left six people injured.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>No action was taken on the proposed law since it was submitted, and since then, the Territory has fallen under the COVID-19 pandemic. Mass gatherings are one of the main causes for the second wave of the Coronavirus that has continued its spread throughout the Territory since the beginning of July.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe the Legislature\u2019s prompt consideration and enactment of the Mas Gathering Act will strongly aid in the protection of the Virgin Islands Community during this pandemic and after,\u201d Governor Bryan wrote in his letter to Senator Francis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Governor said that recent examples of problems that the Mass Gathering Act could have addressed if it had been enacted are:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Unauthorized Organizers facilitating public parties that do not promote social distancing and allow for mass gatherings.<\/li>\r\n<li>Flash Crowd Mass gatherings, such as marine events on boats (\u201craft ups\u201d), at beaches and in public businesses that do not promote social distancing and allow for mass gatherings.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cFor these reasons, it is imperative that the Legislature consider the Mass Gathering Act,\u201d Governor Bryan wrote in the letter to Senator Francis. \u201cI am asking that the Legislature give this Act the prompt action previously requested, in light of the extant circumstances presently faced by law enforcement personnel.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">####<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2013 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. sent a letter on Friday to Senate President Novelle Francis Jr. imploring him to get the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Legislature to take action on a bill to restrict mass gatherings as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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