TINIAN\u2014A total of 128 front-liners, high-risk first responders, and persons 65 years and older completed their COVID-19 vaccine doses on Tinian last Feb. 14.<\/p>\n
The New York Times compilation of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s data shows that the CNMI is ranked Top 5 for COVID-19 vaccination performance in terms of the percentage of people who have had at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot.<\/p>\n
The Top 5, in order, are American Samoa, Palau, Alaska, Guam, and the CNMI.<\/p>\n
The chart, which was updated last Feb. 14, shows that the CNMI has administered 29,650 first and second doses, using 45% of the vaccines that were allocated to the CNMI. The New York Times also recorded that 9.5% of the CNMI population has been given both shots.<\/p>\n
In a telephone interview, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a said that 134 individuals on Tinian had their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this past weekend, while 128 have already completed their second dose.<\/p>\n
At the 17th Annual Hot Pepper \u201cPika\u201d Festival, emcee Santi \u201cBig Boy\u201d Sablan, announced that CHCC had a tent set up for Tinian residents to get registered for vaccination.<\/p>\n
According to Mu\u00f1a, 20 homebound residents\u201410 on Saipan and 10 on Rota\u2014were able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It was learned that Rota is expected to start their second dose next Sunday.<\/p>\n
As of Feb. 15, CHCC recorded on their dashboard that 8,486 people have received their first COVID-19 vaccine, and 4,485 have received their second dose. These include Phase 1B on Saipan, 1A on Tinian, and 1A on Rota.<\/p>\n
As for the CNMI\u2019s general population, it is still unclear when they will be able to receive their first dose.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 in Guam<\/strong><\/p>\n Guam ranked fourth place nationwide in terms of the percentage of people who have had at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot. Citing the New York Times compilation of U.S. CDC data, at least 16% of Guam\u2019s population have already received the first dose, with 6% getting the second dose as of Feb. 13, 2021.<\/p>\n Guam has had a total of 51,300 doses delivered, 37,750 shots given and 74% of the doses used.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are many reasons for variation among the states and territories, including demand for the vaccine, lags in data reporting and other logistical challenges,\u201d the New York Times stated.<\/p>\n Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero acknowledged Guam\u2019s ranking and even quoted Gen. Gustave Perna, Operation Warp Speed\u2019s chief operating officer, as saying that Guam is \u201ccrushing it out there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get as many vaccines as we can because our logistics and our distribution infrastructure have greatly improved. I know there have been issues recently, but we took care of those immediately,\u201d said Leon Guerrero during an interview with NewsTalk K57\u2019s Patti Arroyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TINIAN\u2014A total of 128 front-liners, high-risk first responders, and persons 65 years and older completed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":337917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-338541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-guam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338541","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=338541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}