Less than 24 hours after a group of six passengers tested positive for COVID-19, one more arriving passenger tested positive yesterday, raising the CNMI\u2019s total to 69.<\/p>\n
The new case was identified as a positive case through the CNMI\u2019s travel screening and tested positive upon arrival. According to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. statement, the individual was safely transported to the designated isolation site at Kanoa Resort in Susupe for monitoring. Contact tracing for immediate contacts, including passengers on the same flight, has already begun. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, CHCC chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a assured that the Sara Alert System that they have been using has been effective and that they have not received any concerns.<\/p>\n
The Sara Alert System is not an app on a phone but simply a text or call system for individuals who will respond to a set of questions that involves their health. CHCC staff and contact tracers are the ones monitoring the individuals\u2019 health and address if they need to be tested. <\/p>\n
The Sara Alert System will be for a time period of 14 days and will alert health officials\/public health staff if an individual missed their daily check. Additionally, since it\u2019s a sense of trust between the individual and the contact tracer\/public health staff, Mu\u00f1a stated that it\u2019s not a violation of privacy. It\u2019s solely just a matter of checking.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said that people who are put into the Sara Alert System are usually those who are considered of risk and someone who just arrived on Saipan. People who are deemed as low risk but has been in contact with someone who has been identified as positive for COVID-19 will also be put into Sara Alert System for contact tracing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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