Confusing though in Part II 4(b) it says fully vaccinated HAVE to take a rapid or PCR test 3-5 days in advance of travel, but then in Part II 5.2 (b) it says fully vaccinated have to show negative test result OR vacc card??
If fully vaccinated why mandatory test? Only reason don't like this part is after making hotel reservations, airline reservations and have a false positive test result is nerve racking. They say it can happen.
Health requirement blurb is in Part II 4(d)
Honestly, I think the "or" in Part II 5.2(b) is a typo. The attached documents are much more readable and summarized better. It's pretty clear that both the test within 5 days and the proof of vaccination are required.
The reason for additional testing is the vaccine does not prevent you from still contracting or spreading the virus. It greatly reduces the risk of both and decreases the chances of severe symptoms. There was an article released yesterday from St. Thomas that they have 13 confirmed positive cases in fully vaccinated residents. 5 are symptomatic and 8 aren't but they were retested and the positive result was confirmed. Also, the ship that was planned to arrive in the BVI Tuesday had 2 positive cases last week. Both were retested and are in fact true positive tests.
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