The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and CNMI Public School System are conducting a school-based vaccination outreach for children to be brought up to date with recommended immunizations. <\/p>\n
According to the CHCC Immunization Program, based on the CNMI immunization coverage for school aged children in school year 2019-2020, more than 800 of CNMI children are at risk of getting a vaccine-preventable disease.<\/p>\n
The dates and location of the school-based Immunization Outreach is as follows:<\/p>\n
July 29\tGarapan Elementary School
\nJuly 30 Koblerville Elementary School
\nAug. 4 Koblerville Elementary School
\nAug. 5 Marianas High School
\nAug. 6 Marianas High School
\nAug. 11 Marianas High School
\nAug. 12\tOleai Elementary School
\nAug. 13 Saipan Southern High School
\nAug. 18 Saipan Southern High School
\nAug. 19\tSan Vicente Elementary School
\nAug. 20 Dandan Middle School
\nAug. 25 FMS Middle School
\nAug. 26 WSR Elementary School
\nAug. 27 Kagman High School
\nSept. 1 Kagman Elementary School
\nSept. 2 Chacha Middle School
\nSept. 3 Hopwood Middle School<\/p>\n
Who is it for?<\/strong><\/p>\n At this time, this outreach is available for students who need an update with their immunizations and by appointment only.<\/p>\n Appointment process<\/strong><\/p>\n If your child needs an update with recommended immunizations, your child\u2019s school will contact you via email if your child needs an updated immunization.<\/p>\n Bring your child to the School Outreach Site on the scheduled day.<\/p>\n Pay $5 for a School Health Certificate Fill out a Health Certificate Authorization Release form to release your child\u2019s School Health Certificate to their respective school. Authorization for Health Certificate Release form: shorturl.at\/pDOVX The School Health Certificate will be sent directly to your child\u2019s school within 7 business days of the appointment. The CHCC Immunization Program will print and provide updated Health Certificates directly to your child\u2019s school for their enrollment requirements. <\/p>\n How can I find out if my child is up to date?<\/strong><\/p>\n To find out if your child is up to date with their vaccines please call the Immunization Program at 236-8745\/2130 or your child\u2019s school.<\/p>\n My child is up to date with vaccines, what if they only need a School Health Certificate?<\/strong><\/p>\n If your child is up to date and only needs, a School Health Certificate, pay the fee and fill out an authorization form releasing your child\u2019s School Health Certificate to their respective school. <\/p>\n Make a secured payment online at https:\/\/chcc.gov.mp\/immunization.php AND For other frequently asked questions about the immunization outreach, visit: Practice the 3 W\u2019s \u2013 Wash your hands. Watch your distance. Wear a face covering.<\/p>\n Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, avoid touching your face, cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or your sleeve.<\/p>\n Use and alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not readily available.<\/p>\n Practice social distancing, which means avoiding close contact with people in order to avoid catching the virus yourself and to avoid passing it on to others.<\/p>\n Wear a face covering. For more information about DIY face coverings, please visit https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/cloth-face-cover.html The CHCC Immunization Program is located next to the CHCC Dental Clinic on the main Navy Hill campus. The Immunization Program can be contacted at (670) 236-8745. And is open 7:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday.<\/p>\n For more information about CHCC programs, follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @cnmichcc, check out our website at www.chcc.gov.mp or call us at (670) 234-8950. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and CNMI Public School System are conducting a school-based vaccination outreach…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":327099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[666,40],"class_list":["post-327254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-chcc","tag-pss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMake a payment at the School Outreach Site OR
\nMake a secured payment online at https:\/\/chcc.gov.mp\/immunization.php<\/p>\n
\nChildren need to be accompanied by a parent\/legal guardian.<\/p>\n
\nFill out the Authorization for Health Certificate Release form here: shorturl.at\/pDOVX<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.chcc.gov.mp\/DocumentFiles\/immunization_13_925149679.pdf
\nAs a reminder, it is essential for everyone in the community to continue to practice good hand-hygiene, wear a face-covering, social distancing, and limit time spent in public places as much as possible.<\/p>\n
\nFor more information about which vaccine your child needs from birth to 18 years old visit https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/parents\/schedu;es\/index.html<\/p>\n