COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Tuesday 9 August 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics for Friday 5th to Monday
8th August are as follows:
- 0 new
local cases
- 2
imported cases (passengers from Thursday's flight)
- 4
active cases
- 202
tests done over the weekend
-
18,475 tests done this outbreak
- 4,600
cases recovered
- 0
patients in Acute Care Unit
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 0
home isolation
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.
Step 3 of easing of COVID
restrictions remains in place. When with other people outside your
household, you must wear your mask, social distance and continue
hand hygiene practices of washing with soap and sanitise to keep
our community safe.
President Lionel Aingimea thanks
the governments of Switzerland for the donation of over 12,000
doses of the Pfizer vaccines and Australia for covering the cost of
the associated ancillaries (syringes, diluents). His Excellency
also extends his gratitude to the government of the United States
of America for donating 12,000 Pfizer vaccines which will be
delivered at a later date.
A total of 97 children aged 5-11
received their vaccinations on Friday 5 August while 120 received
theirs on Monday 8 August, totaling 217 children.
Of this 217 total, 11 children
received their first dose (89 per cent) and 206 children received
their second dose (58 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.
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///