Two more individuals have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in the CNMI, which brings the Commonwealth\u2019s cumulative total to 88 cases.<\/p>\n
According to a Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. statement, the individuals were identified by travel screening and were confirmed through the routine fifth-day testing and have been moved to the quarantine site, which is the Kanoa Resort in Susupe, where they will be closely monitored.<\/p>\n
CHCC has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases, including passengers on the same flight.<\/p>\n
With all of the CNMI\u2019s recent COVID-19 cases being travelers, this only proves that guidelines and measures being implemented at the CNMI\u2019s entry point\u2014the Francisco C. Ada-Saipan International Airport\u2014are effective, according to Warren Villagomez, who chairs the Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the curve [goes] up, we need to also be proactive in safeguarding our island community,\u201d said Villagomez. <\/p>\n
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres agrees that the system that the CNMI has is working, regardless of where the travelers are coming from, and that everyone gets tested, whether they are returning residents or nonresidents. \u201cWhen they get in, they all get tested, then they get to be quarantined and then get tested again. \u2026[Our protocol] doesn\u2019t discriminate against your nationality, your financial status, or your religion. The system is working for everyone,\u201d said Torres. With this system, Torres stated that the CNMI is \u201cvery safe\u201d because of everyone\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 in Guam<\/strong><\/p>\n Guam\u2019s 67th COVID-19-related death occurred yesterday at the Guam Regional Medical City at approximately 6:27am. <\/p>\n The Joint Information Center in Guam said the fatality was a 72-year-old male and was admitted to GRMC last Oct. 20 and tested positive upon admission.<\/p>\n \u201cTo those who loved him, please know that you are not alone in your mourning. On behalf of [first gentleman] Jeff [Cook], Lt. Gov. Josh [Tenorio], and our entire island, please accept our heartfelt sympathies and condolences during this most difficult time,\u201d said Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero in the JIC statement. \u201cWhile I pray that no more families will have to receive this painful call, I also know that we all must do what is necessary to prevent further deaths from occurring. Wearing our face masks and practicing social distancing are the best tools we have to stop the spread.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two more individuals have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in the CNMI, which brings the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":331968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[26,51],"class_list":["post-331952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cnmi","tag-guam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331952","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}