The CNMI recently hit a milestone last week, with 70% of its eligible adult population having already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, well ahead of the goal of President Joe Biden to have at least 70% of eligible Americans have their first dose by July 4.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. announced last Saturday that VaccinateCNMI has already inoculated 70% of the adult population\u201418 years and older\u2014with their first dose of the COVID-19, just in time as the CNMI prepares to reopen its borders to tourists this July.<\/p>\n
As for those who are now fully vaccinated\u2014those who have already received their second dose if they\u2019re getting either the Pfizer\/BioNTech or Moderna Inc. vaccine\u2014the percentage rate currently stands at 57%.CHCC has been administering the Pfizer vaccine, the Moderna vaccine, and the Johnson & Johnson\/Janssen one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
Biden had set a goal of getting 70% of U.S. adults to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. CHCC announced that the CNMI has reached that already.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Biden wants 70% of American adults to have their first dose by July 4th. We\u2019re way ahead of that [and] we expect to be way ahead of that by July 4th. We expect to meet 70% by the end of next week,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a in an interview last week. The Biden administration projects to see 160 million adults fully vaccinated by Independence Day.<\/p>\n
In the CNMI, as it stands, fully vaccinated persons are broken down into:<\/p>\n
-12-15 years old: 52
\n-16-19 years old: 1,366
\n-20-29 years old: 3,509
\n-30-39 years old: 3,600
\n-40-49 years old: 4,778
\n-50-59 years old: 5,698
\n-60-69 years old: 3,369
\n-70-79 years old: 975
\n-80+ years old: 208<\/p>\n
Level 1 jurisdiction traveler avails new quarantine procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n Jerry Peter was the first traveler from a Level 1 jurisdiction to head straight home from the airport after arriving yesterday. Although CHCC did not indicate where he came from, examples of a Level 1 jurisdiction are American Samoa, Australia, Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Western Samoa, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Guam is at Level 3; the Philippines is at Level 4. The CNMI is classified as a Level 1 jurisdiction.<\/p>\n Recently, CHCC changed its protocols to allow travelers coming in from a Level 1 jurisdiction\u2014as per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s travel list\u2014to go straight to their home or lodging after arrival, after completing travel requirements.<\/p>\n Travelers coming in from a Level 2 or higher jurisdiction can now be tested at the airport after submitting their mandatory health declaration form at least 72 hours prior to their arrival. This will ensure that their COVID-19 vaccination is verified and that their home or lodging passes assessment before they land.<\/p>\n Walk-ins for vaccination welcomed<\/strong><\/p>\n CHCC continues to welcome walk-ins at the Medical Care and Treatment Site at the upper CHCC parking level and the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe to get their vaccine. This relieves the barrier of getting vaccinated, according to Mu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n For the MCATS, its hours are from Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm, and Saturdays, 8am-to12pm. For the Multi-Purpose, its hours are from Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm, and Saturdays, 8am-4pm.<\/p>\n Transportation to and from vaccination sites are free and available by registering online at www.vaccinatecnmi.com or calling 682-SHOT (7468). Those who are 12- to 17-year-olds who complete their two-dose series will receive gift bags, according to CHCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The CNMI recently hit a milestone last week, with 70% of its eligible adult population…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":345567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-345560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-cnmi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345560","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=345560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}