COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Saturday 30 July 2022
- Apologies for the late circulation
of the President's Saturday COVID update to nauru.gov.nr
users. There was a server technical issue over the weekend and thus
unable to reach our mailing list.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Saturday, 30 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics for Friday 29th July, are as follows:
- 0 new
local cases
- 18
active cases
- 67
tests done on Friday
-
17,563 tests done this outbreak
- 4,582
cases recovered
- 0
patients in Acute Care Unit
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 4
occupants in Menen quarantine facility; all individuals will remain
until the completion of 13 days quarantine
- 11
houses in lockdown with 470 residents (this includes members of the
household who are negative but are required to remain in home
isolation also)
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 60 children aged 5-11
received their vaccinations on Friday 29July.
Of this number, 10 children
received their first dose (88 per cent) and 50 children received
their second dose (36 per cent) and are therefore fully
vaccinated.
Children who have taken their first
dose of the Pfizer vaccine three weeks ago are now eligible to take
the second dose.
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.
Do not hesitate to ask questions,
help or advice from Health professionals at the vaccination
stations.
Vaccination stations next week will
be at these venues, from 10am - 5pm:
- Monday 1 Aug: Anetan hall and Aiue Boulevard.
- Tuesday 2 Aug: Yaren basketball court (poe)and Aiue
Boulevard.
- Wednesday 3 Aug: Denig (Rhyllis residence) and Aiue
Boulevard.
Year 8 students at Nauru College
and Sacred Heart College will resume classes on Monday 1
August.
Years 11 and 12 will continue
face-to-face learning at NSS.
Preschool to Year 7 and Years 9 and
10 students are to collect their learning package from their
respective schools from Monday 1 August, 11am-3pm.
COVID testing/swabbing will be done
for Year 8 students (Nauru College and Sacred Heart) and teachers
when they arrive at school on Monday. Students are reminded to wear
masks to school otherwise they will be provided on arrival.
COVID measures (social distancing,
masks and sanitise) will be maintained at the school entry points
and collection points for learning packages.
The public is reminded that we are
still at Step 2 of the COVID-19 step down measures and the public
is requested to adhere to these measures - continue to wear a mask,
physical distance, wash your hands and sanitise.
If you have symptoms, stay home
until you are tested.
Please practice hand hygiene, wear
a mask, keep your distances and keep houses well ventilated.
If you are self-testing at home
please call 192 to report your result 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
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.
ENDS///