COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Tuesday 2 August 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics for Monday 2nd August, are as follows:
- 0 new
local cases
- 3
active cases
- 107
tests done on Monday (public and Year 8 students and teachers who
returned to classes yesterday)
-
17,671 tests done this outbreak
- 4,598
cases recovered
- 0
patients in Acute Care Unit
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 0
occupants at the Menen quarantine facility; the remaining four were
cleared and released on Sunday 31 July
- 1
house in lockdown with 19 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 91 children aged 5-11
received their vaccinations on Monday 1 August. No testing or
vaccinations were done over the weekend.
Of this number, 3 children received
their first dose (89 per cent) and 88 children received their
second dose (39 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.
Get your child vaccinated at Aiue
Boulevard daily or in Denig in front of Rhyllis' residence on
Wednesday 3rd August, 10am-5pm.
Mask up, sanitise, hand wash and
social distancing are vital steps and efficient ways of reducing
the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
• Wearing
masks is mandatory. If you have symptoms, get tested.
• Stay at
Home and do not go to work, school, etc until tested.
• All venues
that are allowed to have people congregate such as gyms, churches,
work places, schools - need to put in place systems to maintain
distancing and prevent crowding where possible. They must undertake
frequent cleaning and disinfection; maintain good ventilation where
possible; and consider using air purifiers in enclosed spaces.
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///