Friday, August 14, 2020

US Virgin Islands returns to "Stay At Home"

At a press conference Thursday, the Governor of the US Virgin Islands issued an executive order reinstating "Stay At Home" restrictions.

Since Wednesday, August 5th, the number of confirmed positive cases in the USVI jumped 36% from 501 to 682. The island of St. Thomas saw a huge 78% jump in one week, from 194 confirmed cases on August 5th to 346 confirmed cases as of Thursday morning, August 13th.

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Read the executive order: Click HERE

I wish he would have done this weeks ago. Our mooring is near a bar/restaurant and we heard someone say "I don't need to wear a mask. I have a beer".

So it goes...