7 people involved in COVID-19 isolation breach

| 15/04/2021 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Six people have reportedly been caught by the Travel Cayman compliance team breaching the home isolation protocols for COVID-19 and have been placed into a government quarantine facility, along with an additional contact of the group. Officials said the breach was reported on Tuesday, 13 April, when the monitors, acting on information from a tip, found the three travellers, who were isolating on a docked boat, being visited by three visitors, one of whom apparently had contact with another local person. That person, understood to be a food delivery driver, is not under investigation.

The breach is currently under investigation by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS), who said the three travellers and their three visitors have been warned for intended prosecution as the investigation continues.

Public Health has undertaken contact tracing protocols, though they assured the public that there is no immediate cause for concern.

Public health officials have not said whether or not the travellers had tested positive for the coronavirus on arrival or if they or their local guests had been vaccinated, as government officials continue to refuse to reveal the details of people’s status relating to the virus, despite the obvious implications.

There are currently 717 people in isolation and quarantine, including 22 people who have tested positive for COVID-19, two of whom are suffering symptoms. There have been no new cases of the virus reported since Monday.

33,544 people, or 52% of the estimated population, have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with 42% having had both shots.

Officials said regardless of a person’s vaccination status or COVID antibody status, there is to be no direct contact between members of the public and those in isolation. This includes anyone delivering food or supplies, where the minimum necessary time for delivery should be observed. People in quarantine should wait to physically collect supplies until after the delivery has been made and the driver has left.

The public is encouraged to report any suspected breach of quarantine to the Travel Cayman Tip Line 943-7233.

Anyone found to be in breach of the mandatory quarantine provisions will be warned for intended prosecution and is liable on conviction to a fine of up to ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for up to two years.


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  1. Say it like it is says:

    As many contributors have already commented the biggest problem is with visitors to quarantined travellers, as this cannot be monitored. Almost every case has been discovered not by the compliance team, but by tipoffs from the public. These cases are obviously the tip of the iceberg. There would be a seismic increase in tipoffs if the public were made aware of which properties are in quarantine.

  2. Anonymous says:

    “super obvious questions“

    ‘So does the vaccine, and there are a couple of them, but do they work or don’t they work? It is okay, you can tell us.’ [Tucker Carlson]

    Carlson noted that the CEO of Pfizer said earlier on Thursday that people may need a booster shot of his vaccine after a year.

    On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, it states: ‘We’re still learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19. After you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions—like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces—in public places until we know more.’

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9476795/Outrage-Chelsea-Clinton-calls-Facebook-ban-Tucker-Carlson.html

    • Anonymous says:

      Tucker is right. If the vaccine works why would you have to live like it doesnt?

      • Anonymous says:

        Tucker is a provocateur. He is a very smart man who is super wealthy because of his ability to manipulate idiots and to tap into the racism and bigotry in the US. Please don’t drag his garbage here.

      • Anonymous says:

        Because you can still carry Covid and infect a person who has not been vaccinated!!

        Also, it is not 100% so you could still pass onto a high risk person.

        My USA friends (under age 50) have said it is awful, they were strong and recovered, but felt like a truck hit them for over 3 weeks.

        Don’t be selfish. Think of others. Wash your hands, 6ft distance, save a soul, not yourself.

        • Anonymous says:

          High risk persons aged 16+ should already be vaccinated! Why is it not selfish if they choose to not protect themselves?!?

          • Anonymous says:

            Speaking of selfish, how many under 16, allergic, pregnant, and elderly frail would you sacrifice on your Miami shopping trip alter?

          • Murali says:

            It’s possible that some high-risk persons are unable to be vaccinated, due to their condition.

            Only having part of the information is a dangerous thing. Doubly so when a ‘provocateur’ presents only part of the facts and doesn’t allow opposing viewpoints.

      • Anonymous says:

        In response to your query about if the vaccine works. The vaccine is designed to lessen the symptoms if you contract COVID-19, it DOES NOT stop you from getting it. Chances of dying from it are decreased but why would you want to risk contracting it? Quarantine is helping to mitigate the spread of this pandemic so we can eventually welcome family, friends and tourists back to our beautiful beaches. Anyone willingly breaching quarantine should be prosecuted to the fullest extent for risking our status.

        • Anonymous says:

          The original intent was to avoid moderate to severe illness and it has been hugely successful in that!

          Thankfully, as a bonus, it has also been proven to DRASTICALLY reduce the likelihood of infection….both catching and spreading.

          Based on this SCIENCE, fully vaccinated persons should not have to quarantine.

          • Murali says:

            Fully vaccinated persons should not have to quarantine, once accepted herd immunity levels have been reached.

            When that will happen is a different question with its out nuance.

      • Anonymous says:

        Tucker is never right. He is a man baby with a molesters face.

        • Anonymous says:

          Insults are the tools of the loser.

          • Anonymous says:

            I’m rubber, you’re glue. Whatever I say bounces off me and sticks to you tenfold because you’re a whiny little bitch.

            • BeaumontZodecloun says:

              If you resort to the “neener, neener, neener” clause, then your loss will be secured.

              Not only that, but you will have entered the realm of insular bitchdom.

    • Anonymous says:

      Stop watching Tucker Carlson and reading the Daily Mail. They are messing with your brain function.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Let me get this straight. They were approved by Travel Cayman to quarantine on a boat???

    • Anonymous says:

      No. They broke quarantine.

    • BeaumontZodecloun says:

      From the article: “…three travellers, who were isolating on a docked boat,…”

      Certainly sounds to me as if they were approved to quarantine on a boat.

      • Anonymous says:

        Yep! Article said 3 were isolating on boat. They broke quarantine by having 3 visitors AND having contact with 1 food delivery driver.

  4. Anonymous says:

    so many investigations but so little action from the police farce…

  5. Anonymous says:

    Prosecute, then deport. Ruined their lives here being idiots so I have no sympathy…

  6. Anonymous says:

    Now send them to jail like ramgeet and mac

    • Anonymous says:

      Exactly. How did the Canadian couple and Skylar and Ramgeet cases go to court so quickly but since then none of the other cases have been decided? If they aren’t going to bother enforcing the quarantine rules, then get rid of it for vaccinated people. Then they can spend more time monitoring the unvaccinated. Right now it seems like the worst case scenario for getting caught breaking the law is you get taken to a hotel. The whole thing is a joke.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Send them to jail, fine them, and confiscate the boat.

  8. BeaumontZodecloun says:

    At the VERY least, make them pay for their own quarantine. This disgusts me — people willing to risk the safety bubble that has been hard won here. I think they should suffer the full extent of the law.

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