CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel Aingimea, MP
Monday, 11 April 2022
In today's update, His Excellency President Lionel Aingimea
announces that Nauru is again COVID-free and no longer has any
active cases of COVID-19.
The three cases from the 31st March flight who had been
isolating under medical observation at the hospital's negative
pressure Acute COVID Unit, have been cleared today for release back
into the community.
It has been more than the minimum required 10 days since these
cases were infected with COVID and all have remained well and free
of symptoms whilst under medical observation.
They have also returned negative PCR test results today
confirming they are no longer infected and confirming earlier test
results showing that they are not contagious.
The President thanks the community for the support in getting
their COVID tests taken when called for.
Background
The COVID management guidelines followed by the Nauru Taskforce
and Health department, as provided by the World Health
Organisation, require that if a person is infected with COVID but
remains well and asymptomatic, that they remain isolated for 10
days. After this period of isolation, they are no longer considered
a risk to the community and can be released from isolation.
All the other passengers from that same flight on 31 March, who
have been quarantined at the Budapest and Anibare Village have been
tested daily and were tested again this morning, Monday 11 April,
and this afternoon their results all came back negative. They leave
quarantine today.
Due to the particular circumstances of the common exposure at
Brisbane Airport on 31 March and evidence that multiple passengers
had exposure, all passengers were classified as 'Close Contacts'
and so were required to remain in quarantine for the same
period.
Fortunately the daily COVID testing and regular health checks
confirmed that no more passengers turned into a positive case and
all remained negative.
These people are now fully cleared after completing the
recommended time in quarantine and have exited quarantine
today.
Nauru remains COVID-safe and there is no community
transmission.
The Taskforce and Health Department continue to test the front
line workers at the quarantine sites such as security and cleaners
to ensure there is no community spillage of the virus.
All airport, quarantine and health front line workers, along
with all persons screened at the hospital and in the community,
have returned negative results.
We are confident that our containment procedures are tight and
working well, ensuring no leakage out of quarantine.
No other special community measures are required for Nauru at
this stage, other than the temporary measures at the Hospital and
Public Health urges that we maintain health protocols by hand
washing with soap and water and use sanitiser, cough and sneeze
into bent elbow or tissue.
Call the COVID Hotline, 191, for enquiries.