As the CNMI continues to receive more medical supplies for front-liners, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a announced in a Facebook video last May 6 that the Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force will be sharing Personal Protective Equipment with Rota and Tinian.<\/p>\n
According to Mu\u00f1a, it\u2019s important to have enough equipment to provide protection for health care workers and front-liners. \u201cHaving these PPEs will definitely help our health care workers to get protection. \u2026You never want to have to decide whether to use or re-use a PPE,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a. \u201cHaving adequate supplies is essential to our staff [or] providing health care services to our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a added that when you provide services, you should make sure that you protect the staff and everyone else that are involved to avoid the transmission of the virus to other people. \u201cWe\u2019re getting ready to pack them up and send them, so that they [Rota and Tinian] can [use] them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Todd Hoose, a member of the COVID-19 response team for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, added that the CNMI was able to obtain the supplies and equipment from the United States and multiple other countries. At this point, the CNMI will be able to share those resources, he added. \u201cWith the success they\u2019ve had with the materials that are here, they may be able to assist possibly other Pacific Islands and certainly the other islands in the Northern Marianas,\u201d said Hoose. <\/p>\n
He added that the supplies and materials will help other islands get back to their feet and make a difference in improving the safety, not just for CNMI, but \u201ca number of our partners and our friends in the Western Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also, despite the problems with shipping, Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios is still thankful to those who were involved in the logistics, like government agencies and the COVID-19 Task Force, and all the airlines that were able to come through and give the CNMI enough supplies.<\/p>\n
Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Commissioner Dennis Mendiola is also thankful, saying PPEs \u201care vital to our operation in ensuring the safety of our personnel to ensure that they do not contract COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mendiola said the PPEs will provide comfort and protection to first responders and personnel during emergency response. <\/p>\n
His sentiments were also echoed by Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert A. Guerrero and Department of Corrections Commissioner Wally Villagomez.
\nTo date, the CNMI has had 15 positive COVID-19 cases, with one active case, 12 recoveries, and two deaths.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 in Guam<\/p>\n
The Department of Public Health and Social Services tested 90 individuals for COVID-19 last May 6. Two tested positive through DPHSS and 88 tested negative.
\nTo date, Guam has had 151 confirmed COVID-19 positive cases, with five deaths and 123 released from isolation. When a patient is released from isolation, he or she is no longer considered infectious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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