COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Monday 18 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Monday, 18 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at the weekend of 16 and 17 July, are as follows:
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12 new cases
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586 active cases
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150 tests during the weekend
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15,758 tests done this outbreak
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3,998 cases recovered
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2 cases admitted to the hospital Acute Care Unit with
mild or showing no COVID symptoms but have underlying illness. They
will be discharged later today.
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1 death (accumulative)
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0 critical cases
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0 ventilation
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2 occupants at the Menen quarantine (incoming passengers from
Sunday 17 July flight). They will undergo the full 13 days
isolation period
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32 houses in lockdown with 752 residents.
Test results over the weekend
equate to three per cent or approximately one in 35 results being
positive. Overall tests collected this outbreak is now at 29 per
cent.
If you test positive you must
isolate at home for at least 13 days (10 days for essential
workers) and follow protocols for ending isolation.
Please practice hand hygiene and
keep your distance of 1.5-2 meters. If you leave your homes for
essential reasons please wear a mask.
A total of 251 children aged five
to 11 received their first dose over the weekend, taking the total
to 1,779. Children in this age group have now reached 70 per cent
of vaccination coverage.
There are a number of children in
home isolation and have not been tested but parents and guardians
are encouraged to bring children who are able to get vaccinated
sooner rather than later. With the current soft lockdown in place,
Public Health teams will set up vaccination stations for this age
group within districts and will conduct house to house vaccination
visits.
Parents and guardians are advised
that if your child has COVID, it is better to wait three months
from the time of infection to get their first dose. This will help
the body increase immunity. Waiting three months is beneficial in
terms of building stronger immunity.
However, there is no harm if you
want your child to take the shot after recovering from COVID as
long as they have no acute illness.
Maintain Health & Safety
Always!
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When you leave home wear a face mask, physical distance, hand wash
with soap and sanitise.
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If you have symptoms, get tested. Stay at Home and do not go to
work, school, etc until tested.
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If you are a close contact, isolate at home for two days, and get
tested every two days for six days
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If you test positive, you must strictly isolate at home for at
least 13 days (10 days for Essential Workers) and follow protocols
for ending isolation
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Keep up to date with your COVID vaccination
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All venues need to put in place systems to maintain distancing and
prevent crowding. Undertake frequent cleaning and disinfection.
Maintain good ventilation where possible. Consider the use of air
purifiers in enclosed spaces.
If you are self-testing at home
please call in to report your result with 192 or visit the link
below.
Numbers 191 and 192 are both
operational if you would like to enquire or request for
assistance.
Register your self-test RAT result
with 192 or go online at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0c233d5e98a44d7b942fbeb161c245df