One incoming traveler has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the CNMI\u2019s total to 289. <\/p>\n
According to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. yesterday, the latest case was identified by travel screening and confirmed positive through fifth-day testing on Oct. 17. <\/p>\n
The individual was quarantined and is being actively monitored, and CHCC\u2019s contact tracing team has already begun reaching out to those who were in closest contact with the individual. <\/p>\n
CHCC also reported yesterday that there are currently no active, COVID-19-related hospitalizations in the CNMI. <\/p>\n
In related news, CHCC chief executive officer Esther L. Mu\u00f1a said that she and the CNMI\u2019s other health policy leaders \u201care not considering any changes [to the CNMI\u2019s health protocols] at this time,\u201d especially following the report that Guam\u2019s 220th COVID-19-related death was a 4-month-old male infant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not considering any changes at this time. We are still monitoring what is happening in the region, especially with the recent death of a 4-month-old and a 21-year-old [in] our neighboring island of Guam. We are very careful to change our protocols at this time, especially since United [Airlines] flights still bring in positive cases,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said the CNMI\u2019s health leaders will soon be having a meeting with the CNMI Public School System to discuss the possibility of having vaccination clinics within schools. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll health officials in the U.S. are preparing for that. …That is still under discussion [and] the data has been submitted to the FDA on COVID vaccines in young kids, and we\u2019re waiting for [the FDA\u2019s] decision. \u2026We\u2019re planning to meet with PSS next week, and that\u2019s part of the discussion as well in regards to vaccinating children in schools. We feel that that\u2019s the most effective and better approach as we [continue to] roll vaccines out,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a and Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force chair Warren Villagomez were welcomed as radio guests during Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 media briefing on radio last Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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