If a visitor to the island tests positive for Covid-19 they will be fitted with a quarantine bracelet and required to isolate in their room, and if they attempt to leave their room the monitoring device will alert the authorities.
This is one of the safety measures the Government has put in place as the island’s airport re-opens to commercial flights after a three month long suspension due to the pandemic.
While cargo, charter and private planes have been arriving, the airport was closed to regularly scheduled commercial airlines since March of this year. It has now re-opened, with the first commercial flight arriving on July 2nd from Toronto.
The flight schedule for the remainder of this month includes daily Delta flights effective July 6, once a week Air Canada flights on Thursdays, and twice a week flights from British Airways effective July 17.
Premier David Burt previously said that all visitors “will be required to be tested when they arrive, on day 3, day 7 and day 14 of their stay. The number of tests required obviously depends on the length of stay.”
“If at any time their test result is positive they will be fitted with a quarantine bracelet and will be required to isolate in their room. The bracelets will alert the authorities if the person attempts to leave their room,” the Premier said.
The Premier reiterated this in the most recent press conference, saying: “At any point, any visitor who tests positive will be fitted with a quarantine monitoring bracelet and will be required to isolate in their room.
“If they attempt to leave their room, the monitoring device will alert the authorities who will take the necessary steps to protect our community.”
The Active Quarantine User Ally [AQUA] website says, “The service enables users to manage aspects of control over the data generated around their quarantine status. AQUA privately and securely transmits data to relevant authorities when needed.
“AQUA includes a four-part system developed with LSCM for the Hong Kong and Bermuda governments that includes a wrist based display unit, a special data protocol, smart phone applications and an issuer management console.
“The system is designed for deployment around short-term travel quarantines for international travelers, where it can be issued or managed at the individual level by granting a regulatory authority access to status reports. It can also be used for necessary quarantines of COVID-19 patients linked to confined geolocations.”
