COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Wednesday 27 July 2022
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics for Monday 26th and Tuesday
27th July, are as follows:
- 2 new
local cases
- 62
active cases
- 407
tests done over Monday and Tuesday
-
17,173 tests done this outbreak
- 4,537
cases recovered
- 0
patients in Acute Care Unit
- 1
death (accumulative)
- 0
critical cases
- 0
ventilation
- 5
occupants in Menen quarantine facility; all individuals will remain
until the completion of 13 days quarantine
- 17
houses in lockdown with 569 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 150 children aged five
to 11 received their vaccinations on Monday, 25 July.
Of this number, 83 children
received their first dose (87 per cent) and 67 children received
their second dose (27 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.
Get your child tested and
vaccinated at the Aiue Boulevard in Aiwo. If you child is unwell
with flu-like symptoms, ask for advice before they take the
vaccine.
District nurses are setting up vaccination stations throughout the
week and will do home visits in those districts. They will set up
in Buada on Thursday 28 July and Uaboe on Friday 29 July. Parents
are urged to utilise these district 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.
Public Health is open 10am-5pm for
COVID testing; however Tigers Oval is now closed due to minimal
number of tests conducted.
Do not hesitate to ask questions,
help or advice from Health professionals at the vaccination
stations.
Please practice hand hygiene, wear
a mask, keep your distances and keep houses well ventilated.
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
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.
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