On May 20th, we had a virtual session of the Executive Board and received an update from the Permanent Secretary of Health and the Chief of Medical Services.
Cases – I am happy to inform you that as of 12:00 today, May 20, there are only 2 positive Covid-19 cases left linked to the group of cases identified for the first time on 21 April th. There have been no more hospitalizations.
No more positive cases since May 10th. This is testimony to our dedicated health team’s commitment; and support from population in general that have followed the public health measures necessary to stop the potential increase in active cases beyond the group of cases identified in April. We thank the health teams and you for doing their part.
Public Health Measures – Based on the latest epidemiological situation, the Executive Council today agreed that we could continue with step #3 and also partially implement some elements of step #4.
All in all, starting tomorrow Friday May 21th:
• Our borders will reopen to receive Anguilla residents. We sincerely look forward to welcoming our residents and bringing families together;
• The rest of Anguilla Public Service will also return to work; child care services can be reopened, and required school assessments will be allowed for students in grades 4, 5, and 6 of the school high school.
• In addition, courier / pickup services and sales of hygiene and personal care products can be re-opened;
• Service service hours allowed to re-open will be from 5 am to 7 pm; and people are expected to be home at 8 pm;
• A maximum of 25 people will be allowed to fully meet in any environment, subject to them being able to maintain proper social distancing requirements this is three feet between each person.
Starting Tuesday, May 25:
• Tourist arrivals will be restored, under the same protocols already established; and
• Bubble activities will have the same 5 am attention hours at 7 pm except restaurants certified by this at the ‘bubble’ which will be authorized to open until 10 pm p.m. Taxi drivers certified to be in the ‘ bubble ‘ will be authorized to operate until 11 pm for the sole purpose of returning the ‘ bubble ‘ beneficiaries of restaurants to the venue of hosting.
All these steps are based on the epidemiological situation being stable. These steps will follow under review. The Government of Anguilla is actively considering appropriate plans to celebrate Anguilla Day. Will provide more information shortly.
Vaccination program: As of yesterday May 19, 8.879 people had received their first dose and 4.806 people had had received their second dose. This is a tremendous effort and we are grateful for the support of all the support partners who have donated to the VAXAXA Challenge as we seek to ensure that Anguilla is adequately protected from the risk of the Covid-19. virus.
For those who have not yet been vaccinated, there is still time to receive your first dose. We ask you to seriously consider doing so for your own protection, for the protection of your loved ones and for the protection of all residents of Anguilla. We have a duty to care for each other: The vaccine is our only option to mitigate the risks of the Covid-19 virus without the need to continue to apply restrictive public health measures.
Vaccination will also allow you to participate in additional activities as part of our broader exit strategy and ensure your ability to meet potential travel vaccination requirements.
We are pleased to inform you that, starting next week, photo vaccination cards will be available This will be important so you can verify your vaccination status both here and abroad. The Ministry of Health will provide more information on the process of collecting your cards.
Thank you and may God continue to bless Anguilla.
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* The definition of a fully vaccinated person is three weeks after receiving their last vaccine.
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