Changes To Quarantine Policy To Take Effect
Effective Monday, August 23rd, changes to the quarantine policy for unvaccinated people will take effect, allowing for a “portion of their 14 day quarantine to be completed at home with strict restrictions,” Premier David Burt said.
Speaking at this evening’s press conference, the Premier said, “Thanks to our progress in having nearly 75% of the eligible population vaccinated and increasing the protection within our community, we can now begin to make revisions to how supervised quarantine works for unvaccinated persons who come through our borders, allowing a portion of their 14-day quarantine to be completed at home – with strict restrictions.
“Effective from Monday, 23rd August, supervised quarantine will operate as follows: Unvaccinated travellers with a valid pre-arrival test will still be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Bermuda. They will quarantine for their first days at a designated hotel facility.
“Following the receipt of a negative day 4 test, they will then be allowed to complete the final days of their quarantine at home, fitted with an electronic monitoring device. Those persons will test on days 4 and 14.
“Additionally, if the traveller in question who is allowed to quarantine at home following a negative day 4 test does not live alone, all other members of that household will be required to quarantine as well and must test out of quarantine on day 14.
“Unvaccinated travellers without a valid pre-arrival test will be required to quarantine for 14 days. They will spend the first portion of quarantine in a designated hotel facility.
“Following receipt of a negative Day 8 test, they will be allowed to complete the final days of quarantine at home fitted with an electronic monitoring device. These persons will test on days 8 and 14.
“If they do not live alone, all other members of the household will be required to quarantine as well, and all members of the household must test out of quarantine on day 14.
“These changes will take effect on August 23 and are being made due to the incredible progress that the country has made in its vaccination programme. These changes are not required, but by looking at what we are seeing, we believe that these changes and adjustments can be made.”
You can find more information on the links below and also on our dedicated website BermudaCovid.com, which is the most comprehensive resource and historic record available of Bermuda’s handling of the pandemic.
- All: Our coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic here
- Bermuda Stats: Chart of testing stats here
- Vaccinations: Data covering vaccinations here
When is he gonna wake up and trim this tyrannical 14 day quarantine it’s like he’s stuck in a time loop. It is not the start of the Plandemic. OMG!
“tyrannical”? Really?
When I read that I thought our Premier was bowing to political pressure.
Clearly you do not believe that COVID-19 is the lethal threat that most scientists believe it to be.
“lethal thread” lol, not for 99.5% of us. Keep wearing your face diaper sounds like you need it.
If you don’t want quarantine, then, stop being a twat and get vaxxed
You’re beyond lost if you think this is gonna end when everyone gets vaccinated. 1) That’s never going to happen, and 2) It ends when we stop complying with these authoritative restrictions.
” It ends when we stop complying with these authoritative restrictions.”
Said like a true Trump supporter.
That’s pretty close to the most stupid thing I’ve read all day.
When people start wearing their mask, get vaccinated and practice social distancing, that’s when the Premier will relax the quarantine. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that.
You been sleeping all this time?
And all of you just sit back and let him stick it to you. With that type of behavior we are all doomed. SMH!
Look up mass psychosis should explain all you need to know about this. Democracy is being killed.
David Burt Premier of Bermuda and Kim Wilson Health Minister of Bermuda is relaxing the restrictions, in order to better prepare Bermuda for the Booster Shot roll out that will commence within the coming few month’s.
So Don’t get comfortable Bermuda, just get ready for the Winter as The Premier said several weeks ago because he knows exactly what is coming next, Maybe the Crystal Ball is presently cloudy or the Bill to pass The Gates is awaiting next instructions.
The transparent dishonesty in the Premier’s justification for walking back this policy makes me wince. Perhaps we have “nearly 75% of the eligible population vaccinated” but what matters is the proportion of the *total* population *fully* vaccinated, and as the Health Minister stated, that’s only at 64.4%.
4 days in hotel and 10 at home seems fair – and a better policy than 14 days in a hotel.
LOL! The data and science must’ve said the unvaxxed are more likely to stay home days 5-14.
Following the data and science. Wonder if he dropped that tag line?
What about stopping vaccinated travelers from roaming and spreading.
They present a significantly lower risk. Simple.