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Just posted on social. Can anyone confirm?

https://www.284media.com/local/2021...SC1P2zuipOp2zsZuUZ37gVLsOX2RvOaDnqLESkZQ

wow...that would be good news

Looks pretty credible

I just received the email from the from Virgin Charters - they manage our PowerCat. Looks credible

I wonder what the policy is for minors - age 13 - not vaccinated.

I was thinking the same thing, as we have 5 kids under 16 on our June trip. None will be vaccinated, but all adults will.

Same situation, granddaughter age 11. Hope they add some guidance for children.

From the BVI government website:

https://bvi.gov.vg/media-centre/sta...net-decisions-covid-19-response-april-23

great news...

YIPEEEE!!!!!!

Great news for tourists! Now, locals need to make sure they are vaccinated to protect themselves and things will get better!!

Yay...!

Excellent news!!!

It is official on the government pages as well. Amazing.

So, I guess we'll still need a test to get back into the U.S.?

Woot woot and woot again!

Does anyone know about this in respect to kids under 16? We have a June trip planned with 5 under 16 so they cant get vaccinated. All the parents are vaccinated.

US still requires neg PCR to travel back into country.

So from 4 test and 4 days of quarantine to 3 test and 24hrs quarantine.

Getting better all the time.

Confirmation from the government!

JUST changed my trip to leave a day later now!
I will be curious to see if you still have the 175.00 fee and have to wear the tracker.

Lisa - hmmm...probably.

I am waiting for June ferries on Sundays to expand - so far there is nothing on the day we arrive!

Fwiw we did not get anything wearable, only one non functional tracker for the two of us, and plastic wrist bands that we removed when released from quarantine.I wouldn't worry about it. They may well be slow to drop the fee.

Same proverbial boat. We will be 7 total. 1 under 16 who will have received first dose (she turns 16 five days before trip).

that sucks as a sweet 16...just told my daughter and her friend they need to get vaccinated this week and then last week of May (30 day Moderna) or they were out. Withdrew my dad of the year nomination which truthfully my daughter withdrew 10 years ago when she became a teenager...

I’m stunned! Hope it’s as simple as it sounds. Great news!!

Me too! We are supposed to be on island May 17 to start our bareboat with Sunsail. We are prepared to quarantine, but we're both fully vaccinated, so hoping for the best!

Gosh we'll now have 4 more non-Q days for our July trip. That gives us some serious time for extended stays at places like Anegada and Leverick Bay.

Same here, we have kids on our July charter. Do they get 'a pass' if parents are vaccinated?

That would surprise me...it is a bummer because May is usually my college kids trip...

College kids should be able to get the J&J in time for a May trip.

agree...the 2 we have can be on the moderna (month) or pfizer (3 week) path...but as I told them its not my problem.

i just didn't want the usual May trip with 8 kids from 6 different colleges tripping the day 0 or day 4 test...as you know Covid is more widespread among the younger people now. So cut it down to my daughter and her friend.

Grateful to only have 1st world problems in all this. My friends at Moorings base camp still don't have their jobs back

The last piece of the puzzle needs to include private boats and charters from USVI. We switched 2 trips this summer to USVI and are now hoping we can clear customs with the still valid COVID test we used to get to the USVI along with the extra test checking in through customs.

BVI needs to get rid of quarantine altogether including the $175 fee and the costs of special taxis and ferries.

How will this effect cruise ship passengers.....

Agree 100%! Not going until they get reasonable about this.

It appears from what we have been able to find out at this moment that if anyone on a boat is unvaccinated the entire boat has to maintain the unvaccinated protocols. This includes children.
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I guess Bailau is correct! Kids are over-rated

"Puzzle" is the correct adjective. My crew and I(four vaccinated adults) are scheduled to arrive at STT on 5/17 for a 10 day charter with CYOA. We were planning to take advantage of the USVI accepting positive antibody tests within four months of arrival (and have already done that test) and would use that for entering the USVI. With the new BVI protocols we would love to spend several days around St John and then the rest of the time in the BVI before returning to St Thomas. Looks like we would need to get a PCR either the day before leaving the US or when arriving at the USVI and assuming that our PCR is negative we could probably go to JVD to go through customs and get a day 0 PCR. Assuming that test is negative we would be good to sail the BVI until right before returning to the USVI when we would need another PCR in the BVI that would get us into the USVI and the USA unless the antibodies test would still work. Am I close?

You might ask this on the FB BVI Abroad page. I thought sea entry was only by ferry at Road Town. Perhaps changes have been announced that I missed.

Sea entry and testing only at Road Town for the time being. Sea arrivals only by ferry at this point in time (one per day right now).

Thanks for the two responses. That appears to be the BVI position at this point. Hard to understand the rationale behind it. If we are vaccinated and pass an antibody test upon arriving at the USVI and then spend a "quarantine amount of time" on board in the USVI, the likelihood of us being contagious with COVID would seem to be very slim. I guess it is just "wait until next year".