COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Tuesday 19 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at end of Friday, 18 July, are as follows:
- 2 new
cases (passengers on the Sunday 17 July flight)
- 353
active cases
- 219
tests done yesterday (Mon, 18 July)
-
15,977 tests done this outbreak
- 4,233
cases recovered
- 2
cases admitted to the hospital Acute Care Unit due to underlying
illness
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 5
occupants in Menen quarantine facility; these are incoming
passengers
- 32
houses on lockdown with 752 residents
Yesterday's test reported zero
positive results from local community testing but 2 positive cases
detected from passengers on the Sunday flight from Brisbane.
Overall positive tests collected this outbreak is at 29 per
cent.
Please practice hand hygiene and
keeping your distances of 1.5-2 meters.
If you leave your homes for
essential reasons please wear a mask.
A total of 64 children aged five to
11 received their second dose from Saturday until yesterday (Mon,
18 July). The total number of children that have received their
first dose is 1,779.
Children who have taken their first
dose of the Pfizer Vaccine on the 27th-28th June are now eligible
to take the second dose.
Get your child tested and
vaccinated at the Aiue Boulevard in Aiwo.
Parents and guardians are advised
that if your child has COVID, it is better to wait 3 months from
the time of infection to get their first dose. This will help the
body increase immunity. Waiting 3 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.
Please practice hand hygiene, wear
a mask, keep your distances and keep houses well ventilated.
If you are self-testing at home
please call in to report your result with 192 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