CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
REPUBLIC
OF NAURU
Government
Information Office
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His
Excellency President Lionel Aingimea
Monday, 8
June 2020
President Lionel Aingimea advised in
this week's situational update that 169 people are currently in
quarantine, including five at the Remand Centre.
The passengers from the two
repatriation flights from Fiji last week will undergo lab testing
for coronavirus today and Wednesday.
The staff of service provider
Canstruct, have opted to maintain Australia's recommended two weeks
quarantine which is due to end this Friday. However, they will
still undergo lab testing on island.
There was an incident on the weekend
where five Fijian nurses breached security and distancing rules at
the Meneñ Hotel quarantine residence. One day after arriving in
quarantine, two nurses who were already on island visited three of
their colleagues in quarantine. They met at the back of the
quarantine facility where it is single fenced and made contact
through the fencing.
All five nurses were subsequently
taken by police to the Remand Centre and have been ordered by the
Court to be detained for 14 days.
President Aingimea says rules are
there to protect everyone in residence as well as those in the
community from the possible threat and spread of coronavirus in
Nauru.
While the situation in Nauru and the
region looks to be under control, the President said there is still
a risk with people arriving into Nauru and therefore we must not be
complacent and be foolish in our actions that might harm the
community.
The National Disaster Risk Management
Regulations provide for penalties for the security firm for failing
to do its job to protect the perimeter from breaches, as well as
penalties for individuals breaching security and other rules at the
residences and Remand Centre.
Every resident in quarantine is
briefed and fully informed of the rules, individual
responsibilities and penalties.
Visiting hours at all quarantine
residences are from 8am to 8pm daily, and a double-fenced area is
allocated for all visitors. Security posts are positioned at the
front entrances for visitors to enquire and bring food and other
items to family and friends in quarantine.
In other air and sea movements,
another passenger flight is due from Brisbane this Friday 12 June,
and the normal freighter services will resume for Fridays and
Saturdays. The Australian government will also operate a charter
flight this week. In shipping news the phosphate ship is due on 15
June, the cargo ship Capitaine Quiros is due back on 27 June, and
the fuel tanker will arrive on 20 July.
Construction and outfitting work
continues at the hospital's acute block while additional land is
being looked at to provide space for hospital stores and
warehouse.
President Aingimea thanks donor
partners for their continued support in providing financial support
as well as equipment and medical supplies for Nauru during
coronavirus.
On Sunday 7 June, the World Health
Organisation recorded close to 6.8 million confirmed cases and
397,388 deaths.
Regionally, Fiji is now
coronavirus-free after having cleared the last three cases. However
the Fiji government continues to monitor the situation.
Nauru remains COVID-19
free.
ENDS///
Issued by:
Nauru
Government Information Office, Republic of NAURU
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