COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Thursday 4 August 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Thursday, 4 August 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics for Wednesday 3rd August, are as
follows:
-
1 new local
case (unrecorded from last week)
- 1
imported case (passenger from Sunday's flight)
- 2
active cases
- 116
tests done on Wednesday
-
17,889 tests done this outbreak
- 4,600
cases recovered
- 0
patients in Acute Care Unit
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 1
house in lockdown with 19 residents (this includes members of the
household who are negative but are required to remain in home
isolation also)
Please practice hand hygiene and
keep your distance of 1.5-2 meters.
If you leave your homes for
essential reasons please wear a mask.
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea will announce Stage 3 of the COVID-19 step down measures
tomorrow Friday, 5 August.
According to recent statistics
Nauru has gone past the height of this outbreak with the number of
positive cases reducing over recent weeks. Even so, we must remain
on guard to protect ourselves and the vulnerable. We need to
protect them by continually maintaining personal hygiene, such as
hand washing, sanitising, keeping a healthy lifestyle, as well as
wearing a mask and social distancing.
Donations of additional vaccines
from India (7000 doses) and Switzerland (12,870 doses) are
scheduled to arrive this month. The additional vaccines will be for
12-17 year olds' third dose, fourth dose for 18 years and older and
first dose for unvaccinated adults. The public will be informed of
the vaccination dates and venues.
A total of 110 children aged 5-11
received their vaccinations on Wednesday 3 August.
Of this number, 8 children received
their first dose (89 per cent) and 102 children received their
second dose (47 per cent) and are therefore fully vaccinated.
Children who have taken their first
dose of the Pfizer vaccine three weeks ago are now eligible to take
the second dose.
Parents and guardians are advised
that if your child has COVID, it is better to wait three months
from the time of infection to get their first dose. This will help
the body increase immunity.
Waiting three months is beneficial
in terms of building stronger immunity. However, there is no harm
if you want your child to take the shot after recovering from COVID
as long as they have no acute illness.
Do not hesitate to ask questions,
help or advice from Health professionals at the vaccination
stations.
Get your child vaccinated at Aiue
Boulevard daily or in Denig in front of Rhyllis' residence on
Wednesday 3rd August, 10am-5pm.
Mask up, sanitise, hand wash 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.
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.
ENDS///