Tuesday, 22 June 2021
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
At the end of the second week of the second dose campaign
(Friday 18 June), President Lionel Aingimea says 574 people still
have not taken their second shot.
So far only 1,814 people have taken the second shot, however,
there should have been 2,388 people fully vaccinated by the end of
last week.
The President urges those 500-plus individuals to present to any
one of the vaccination centres as soon as possible.
Vaccination is very important to protect you and Nauru.
Lockdowns and travel restrictions should not influence peoples'
decision to take the second dose and complete their COVID
vaccination. The President quashes social media content that are
making claims about magnets and associations with triple six.
The President says COVID-19 will come to an end but for now, the
immediate thing to do is get vaccinated and be protected. When
border restrictions ease and other countries allow Nauruans and
foreigners alike in, then vaccination is the advisable option.
Our neighbours that have rising COVID cases are Fiji and Papua
New Guinea.
Fiji had 126 new cases on Monday 21 June, taking the toll to
1,542 active cases in isolation and seven deaths. Since April 2021,
there have been 2,020 new cases recorded in Fiji; but 2,090 cases
since the first case on 19 March 2020.
PNG recorded 33 new cases on Saturday 19 June. There have been
17,013 cases in total; 173 known deaths to COVID-19; and 444 are
considered active cases within the last 21-day period to
Saturday.
As of 21 June, the World Health Organisation reported 336
thousand new cases on 21 June alone; 178 million confirmed cases;
and 3.8 million deaths. As of 20 June 2.4 billion vaccine doses
have been administered, globally.
Vaccination venues and times as follows:
- Public
Health Centre, 10am - 7pm
-
Anetan Community Hall, 10am - 4.30pm
-
Meneñ Hall, 10am - 4.30pm
-
Centennial Hall, 10am - 4.30pm