Six more incoming travelers have tested positive for COVID-19, and were identified through travel screening and confirmed through testing upon their arrival on Saipan last Friday, July 30. <\/p>\n
All six positive travelers came from the United States, said CHCC chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a on Sunday. All six cases did not report any COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the CHCC news release.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s Communicable Disease Investigation\/ Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for those who were the most immediate contacts of the six individuals. <\/p>\n
In related news, a video of a woman appearing to be arguing with a KFC employee over the Chalan Kanoa branch\u2019s COVID-19 contact tracing policy was spreading on social media on Sunday. \u201cI was here yesterday, and no one asked for my name. Why is it [needed] today?\u201d asked the woman. \u201cYou care more about [the masks] than you do about people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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