COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Saturday 20 August 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Saturday, 20 August 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics from Tuesday 16th to Thursday
18th August are as follows:
-
1 new local
case
-
0 imported
cases
-
5 active
cases
-
777 tests
done this week (Tue-Thu)
-
20,509 tests
done this outbreak
-
4,605 cases
recovered
-
0 patients
in Acute Care Unit
-
1 death
(accumulative)
-
0 critical
cases
-
0
ventilation
-
5 isolation
(4 home, 1 Menen transit station)
For the home isolation case, a
child was presented to the hospital with flu-like symptoms and
subsequently tested positive and contact tracing was carried out
with the family. Those in home isolation are receiving essential
supplies with assistance from the Nauru Post, and are being
monitored by Nauru Public Health.
President Lionel Aingimea says the
Taskforce advises this is not a second wave of transmission but
isolated cases are to be expected every now and then. There is no
cause for alarm in regards to a second wave as this is not the
case.
Wear your mask, hand wash,
sanitise, and keep your distance of 1.5-2 metres.
Ninety per cent of children aged
five to 11 have received their first COVID vaccination and 71 per
cent are now fully vaccinated with two doses.
Taskforce advises that additional
vaccines are due this month and the public will be informed
accordingly.
Daily vaccinations this week for 5
to 11 year olds:
|
|
Dose 1
|
Dose 2
|
Day Total
|
|
Tuesday
|
1
|
9
|
10
|
|
Wednesday
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
|
Thursday
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Week Total
|
1
|
27
|
28
|
Get your child vaccinated. Ask
questions, help or advice from Health professionals at the
vaccination stations.
Step 3 measures remain in place -
that means you must still wear a mask in public places, including
at restaurants, meeting places, office, schools, parks, and at
social gatherings; and keep your distance of 1.5m. But if you are
traveling alone in your car or your passengers are people you live
with in the same house, you don't need to mask up.
The public is reminded that wearing
a mask, sanitising, hand washing and social distancing are vital
steps and efficient ways of reducing the spread of COVID-19 in our
community.
If you have symptoms, stay home
until you are tested.
Please practice hand hygiene, wear
a mask, keep your distances, avoid crowding and keep houses well
ventilated.
If you are self-testing at home
please call 192 to report your result or visit the link below.
It is very important that you
report your result after self-testing using a RAT kit whether it's
a positive or negative result.
Numbers 191 and 192 are both
operational if you would like to enquire or request for
assistance.
Register your self-test RAT result
with 192 or go online at
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0c233d5e98a44d7b942fbeb161c245df
If you test positive you must
isolate at home for at least 13 days (10 days for essential
workers) and follow protocols for ending isolation.