{"id":327648,"date":"2020-08-05T06:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=327648"},"modified":"2020-08-05T06:02:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:02:58","slug":"kanoa-resort-at-full-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/kanoa-resort-at-full-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanoa Resort at full capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This file photo from Aug. 3, 2020, shows the Kanoa Resort in Susupe. (KRIZEL TUAZON)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With a capacity of 201 rooms, 125 in the main and 76 on the tower, Kanoa Resort\u2019s occupancy has reached its limit, leaving the Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force no choice but to open the doors of the former Mariana Resort & Spa starting this Thursday for incoming passengers.<\/p>\n

According to Warren Villagomez, head of the task force, they want to make sure that returning residents are in a \u201ccomfortable and safe\u201d environment where they won\u2019t be mixed with people who have tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the capacity for the Mariana Resort\u2019s reef hotel\u2014the pink building that is separated from the cottages\u2014is at 98, while the cottages is at 86.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cottages can accommodate more people, so it\u2019s more like a family setting. It\u2019s going to help us out in our accommodation,\u201d said Villagomez.<\/p>\n

Right now, all arriving passengers in the CNMI are being quarantined at the Kanoa Resort, after the contract with Pacific Islands Club Saipan ended. That has led to the filling up of the Kanoa Resort.<\/p>\n

Also, Villagomez stressed that the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the task force will be sticking with the quarantine protocol due to many incidents that have happened and been reported to him and CHCC chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a. \u201cThe thing about this virus is not going away soon. \u2026We\u203are seeing that a lot of people [in] home quarantine, then next thing you know, we\u203are seeing pictures of them [outside] that\u2019s being shared with us,\u201d said Muna.<\/p>\n

She says she receives phone calls every day, especially after flights, that people are breaking these protocols that were put in place. \u201cPeople have to understand that quarantine means you stay home, or we can enforce it by putting you in a government facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muna stated that the quarantine measures have been working but because there\u2019s a low number of community transmission, many people don\u2019t think they should be guarding themselves. \u201cWe should be in a guarded mode all the time. \u2026If you can detect it on arrival, you can detect it after the fifth day testing. So to say that somebody is completely virus-free can be deceiving to other people,\u201d said Muna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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