CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
REPUBLIC
OF NAURU
Government
Information Office
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His
Excellency President Lionel Aingimea
Tuesday,
28 April, 2020
President Lionel Aingimea reiterated
in today's coronavirus update that this is a national effort and
thanked those who are working to ensure Nauru's capture &
contain policy is working well.
While Nauru remains coronavirus-free,
President Aingimea says we haven't seen the end of it
yet."
As some countries are saying they are
winning the fight against coronavirus, President Aingimea is
cautious that Nauru continues to be diligent in its efforts to
stopping coronavirus from entering Nauru and calls for prayers for
countries affected by it.
Contact tracing done following the
incident at the Budapest Hotel revealed that in three days of
the incident, 810 people were subsequently 'contacted', including
the residents of the ten private homes that were placed in
isolation. This stems from those that initially made the security
and perimeter breach at the Budapest.
Putting the number of people affected
into perspective, President Aingimea used examples that this could
potentially infect the entire population of Yaren, which is 810, or
most of the populations of Denig and Uaboe combined.
Coronavirus is serious and the
President warns if the country does not comply we put ourselves in
danger.
"It's killing people overseas. It can
wipe out our population."
The Budapest population of 61 were
released on Saturday 25 April, after completing their time in
quarantine and final test results relating to the security breach
returned negative.
The Nauru Police Force is calling in
reserves and has regular meetings with the community as well as
security companies to reinforce and strengthen support
efforts.
While 60 reserves are needed, 12
people responded since the weekend.
Anyone wanting to join the police
reserves is asked to contact the Nauru Police.
Community liaison officers (CLO) have
also been reallocated to assist in other security work.
The Nauru Government is pursuing talks
with the Fiji Government to allow repatriation of approximately 60
Nauruan students.
President Aingimea stated the first
request to the Fiji government was knocked back due to the shutdown
in Fiji. However, Nauru has since resubmitted the request and
Nauru's high commission in Suva is working on the
appeal.
In the meantime, Nauru Airlines is
looking at options of either using its own plane or charter a Fiji
plane for the repatriation.
President Aingimea confirms the
hospital received 10 boxes of equipment and test kits over the
weekend and lab technicians are currently training on the use of
the machine before any sample testing of coronavirus can be
done.
ENDS///
Issued
by:
Nauru
Government Information Office, Republic of NAURU
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