CORONAVIRUS UPDATE by His Excellency President Lionel Aingimea, MP Monday, 4 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Monday, 4 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at end of Sunday, 3 July, are as follows:
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10 new cases
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3,957 active cases
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47 tests done yesterday (Sun, 3 July)
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11,356 tests done this outbreak
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469 cases recovered
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9 cases admitted in the hospital Acute Care Unit with an additional
3 carers
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1 death (accumulative)
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0 critical cases
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0 ventilation
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469 houses are in lockdown with 3,733 residents
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101 occupants are in the quarantine facility (Budapest)
From yesterday's testing, 21 per
cent of testing are positive. This is one in five people tested
that return a positive result. This does not suggest that the cases
of COVID in the community has slowed down but is however attributed
to the day being a Sunday, hence the very low numbers of people
coming in to get tested.
The total number of children aged
5-11 years vaccinated with the first dose so far is 682 children.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to bring in their children to
get vaccinated.
Testing and vaccination stations
for this group are open at the Aiwo Boulevard. Remember to
wear a mask, sanitise and keep your distance
President Lionel Aingimea warns
that Omicron is very contagious and is circulating fast in the
community. The general public is urged to minimise movement and
only travel for essential purposes.
Some services such as grocery
purchases, electricity and phone top up can be done online and the
public is advised to utilise these services.
While some may have very mild
effects of COVID, there may be others who will find it difficult to
manage, especially those who are not vaccinated, the elderly,
children, anyone who has bronchial infections, and other vulnerable
groups.
As part of the Government's welfare
support, a second ex-gratia payment for COVID will be paid to
government and SOE employees, pensioners and disability recipients.
This is to support the cost of essential goods during this COVID
period.
The payout is dependent on your
fortnightly salary scale:
- Fortnightly income less than $500
= $1000 ex-gratia payment
- Fortnightly income $501 to $800 =
$800 ex-gratia payment
- Fortnightly income $800 or more =
$600 ex-gratia payment
For further information, please
contact 5573133 and ask to be transferred to Finance
Department.
Drive-through testing stations are
always open at Blues and Tigers ovals and Public Health. If you are
unable to reach these testing sites please call 191 for home
testing.
If you are self-testing, please
register your result - both positive and negative. Go online to
register your result at
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0c233d5e98a44d7b942fbeb161c245df
The public is requested to minimise
movements away from home. Gatherings of more than three people are
prohibited. We must treat this seriously to reduce the spread.