THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 60802

340-774-0001



TWENTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE ORDER AND PROCLAMATION

BY THE GOVERNOR



OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS

MODIFYING CONDITIONS OF THE “SAFER-AT-HOME” PHASE

IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY



WREKKEKUREREERERERERE



WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the Governor issued the Executive Order and

Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-!19 - CORONAVIRUS

PANDEMIC (“Declaration of a State of Emergency”), and the Government has been coordinating

the Territory’s response and enforcing protective actions to address “COVID-19”, a public health

emergency that currently requires the Government to act and provide for the health, safety, and

welfare of residents and visitors located in the Virgin Islands; and



WHEREAS, on April 2, 2020, the President of the United States declared that a major

disaster exists in the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands based on COVID-19, and this major

disaster declaration has not been lifted; and



WHEREAS, from March 13, 2020, through February 2021, the Governor has issued

subsequent Executive Orders or Supplements with additional requirements and lifting of other

restrictions of previous Executive Orders and Supplements to return to the “Stay-at-Home Phase”;

and



WHEREAS, the “Safer-at-Home Phase” requires continuous guidance to be given to the

public about what is restricted and permissible during this phase and while still within a “State

of Emergency” due to the danger and threat of COVID-19; and



WHEREAS, the Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency dated March 13, 2020,

invoked the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Act, 23 V.I.C. § 1001 - 1016 and

authorized the Governor to exercise the powers and duties set forth therein to direct and aid the

response to, recovery from, and guidance for the mitigation as well as response to emergencies;

and



WHEREAS, the Virgin Islands Department of Health (“DOH”) received confirmation