{"id":344700,"date":"2021-05-21T19:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=344700"},"modified":"2021-05-21T19:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:04:38","slug":"breaking-news-5-new-covid-19-cases-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/breaking-news-5-new-covid-19-cases-added\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: 5 new COVID-19 cases added"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five additional individuals have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 from passenger arrival testing, bringing the total COVID-19 count for the CNMI to 181 individuals since March 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals were identified by travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through \u00a0fifth-day testing and testing on arrival on May 20, 2021. These cases did not report any COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>These individuals have been moved to the designated isolation area for monitoring. The CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation\/Inspection team has initiated contact tracing for contacts with the highest risk of exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Based on what we know about vaccines for other diseases and early data from clinical trials, experts believe that getting a COVID-19 vaccine also helps keep you and your loved ones from getting seriously ill even if you do get COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Consider registering for vaccinations at <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaccinatecnmi.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2RmbL7-DZHDALSJS67cN_aiDO_C6t1obl5qXOMe3YV-Gvt5yx19VIZBy8&amp;h=AT0c3JMRRDPoP6K2TZ6JhJNO2q1kPAfLCDo0Tf2sqBLMrzO4nj5c8NblAmhZKNFEaNTa0nVAzetqbS-ghc0ziwk_beDxD5DJo8ZcHNDDoVprinuRFggwVEep5xI1ZrHlzX2dSsANSA&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT2k1IcAljxZIxue4seU2Eao8_p2SOGYhZqGZfe-gsGLK78zKk8PxjkoAyhOuyqgGVmApbx7txeTF-2WkgfiBC_gipRMr24KNyykxU9XTUO9_hxZJUCm34TOpVKmTbqv2efuBls_5JHOlJSmlX-obtMOsV0yFJseMJY8tlo7GmLmfL33LmzNnhsO1ytM0gtovtBYYmnEg9E\">www.vaccinatecnmi.com<\/a>, or by calling the CHCC call center at 682-SHOT (7468), or registering in person at any vaccination site.<\/p>\n<p>View the COVID-19 dashboard at <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farcg.is%2F1LX4mv1%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0KCsO_SlrrCV3iMZefeRiJjYIo3qu9Fdf21Jq_tG1GaxT6ZS0l9U3EcRg&amp;h=AT27mnhxyXYcKONRXpmmgKxcaQilr_y-0nR8KZrGBphWkt7j8f5NA0r6Pn9Git-TTo43CaDBbQI4BtWlV4MIISG8fmpuEXU7CT8j0WB_AA4UMyiMVsJletQucWWDzDL1hlRMftB0tA&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT2k1IcAljxZIxue4seU2Eao8_p2SOGYhZqGZfe-gsGLK78zKk8PxjkoAyhOuyqgGVmApbx7txeTF-2WkgfiBC_gipRMr24KNyykxU9XTUO9_hxZJUCm34TOpVKmTbqv2efuBls_5JHOlJSmlX-obtMOsV0yFJseMJY8tlo7GmLmfL33LmzNnhsO1ytM0gtovtBYYmnEg9E\">https:\/\/arcg.is\/1LX4mv1<\/a> (updates next business day).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five additional individuals have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 from passenger arrival testing, bringing the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":334172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344700","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=344700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}