COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Thursday 14 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Thursday, 14 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at end of Wednesday, 13 July, are as follows:
- 30
new cases
- 4,337
active cases
- 194
tests done yesterday (Wed, 13 July)
-
15,001 tests done this outbreak
- 3,391
cases recovered
- 6
cases admitted to the hospital Acute Care Unit with an additional 3
carers. All patients have mild or no COVID symptoms but have
underlying illness.
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 79
homes under isolation with 1,139 residents
Yesterday's test results equate to
15 per cent or approximately one in six results being positive.
There were an increased number of people reporting their results
yesterday, thus the increased number of positive cases recorded.
The overall tests collected this outbreak is still decreasing and
is now at 30 per cent.
Please practice hand hygiene, wear
a mask, keep your distances and keep houses well ventilated.
A total of 76 children aged five to
received their first dose yesterday (Wed, 13 July), taking the
total to 1,355. Children in this age group have now reached 53 per
cent vaccination coverage.
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.
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.
Parents and guardians are advised
that if your child has COVID, it is better to wait 3 months from
the time of infection to get their first dose. This will help the
body increase immunity. Waiting the 3 months will be more
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.
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