CORONAVIRUS UPDATE by His Excellency President Lionel Aingimea, MP Sunday, 3 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Sunday, 3 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at end of Saturday, 2 July, are as follows:
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109 new cases
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3,558 active cases
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353 tests done yesterday (Sat, 2 July)
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11,309 tests done this outbreak
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389 cases recovered
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10 cases admitted in the hospital Acute Care Unit
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1 death (accumulative)
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0 critical cases
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0 ventilation
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461 houses are on lockdown with 3,671 residents
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120 occupants in the quarantine facility (Budapest)
All tests done so far reveal 35 per
cent are positive results, while yesterday alone there was a 31 per
cent positive rate. This means one in every three people tested
return a positive result.
On 2 July, only five children aged
5-11 years received their first dose. In total, 682 children in
this age group have been vaccinated. Parents and guardians are
urged to bring in their children to get vaccinated.
President Lionel Aingimea says the
COVID variant circulating in Nauru is Omicron.
Further sequencing analysis to
confirm lineage is being done by the Doherty Institute in
Melbourne, Australia, and the public will be updated as information
comes to hand.
The President warns Omicron is
circulating fast in the community and urges the public to minimise
movement and only travel for essential purposes.
The country's semi-lockdown will
continue so we continue to protect the vulnerable and those who
have not contracted the virus.
Gatherings of more than three
people are prohibited. We must treat this seriously to reduce the
spread.
Testing and vaccination stations
reopen tomorrow at the Blues and Tigers ovals, Aiwo Boulevard and
at Public Health.
For those that are unable to reach
these testing sites, you can call 191 for home testing.
If you are self-testing, you are
urged to register your result - both positive and negative.
Go online to register if you have
done your own test.
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0c233d5e98a44d7b942fbeb161c245df
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