THE Governor s Covid-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. opened more vaccination sites even as four additional Covid-19 cases were reported on Thursday and Friday, raising the CNMIâs total to 168 since March 28, 2020.
In its two consecutive updates, the task force and CHCC stated that two newly arrived passengers on April 29 and two more on April 30 tested positive for Covid-19.
The four cases were identified through travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through testing upon arrival. The four individuals have been moved to the designated isolation area for close monitoring, and the CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation/Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases including passengers on the same flights.
WHILE some of the worldâs major cities anticipate to reopen to tourism this summer, the CNMI wants to first ensure that the threshold for herd immunity has been reached before it reopens to tourists, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres said on Friday.
âWe are safe as a community, but in order for us to open up to tourism, we need to hit a certain threshold,â he said, adding that every state and jurisdiction has its own goals in terms of reopening its borders to tourism.
âIf we are not safe, then we have [no] business talking about tourism.â
For starters, the governor said, there is a need to consider the quarantine protocols for visitors upon their return to their home countries.
TWO newly arrived individuals have been confirmed positive for Covid-19, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. reported on Friday. This brings the CNMIâs total to 166 cases since March 28, 2020.
CHCC said the individuals were identified by travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through testing upon arrival on April 29, 2021. They have been moved to the designated isolation area for close monitoring, and the CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation/Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases, including passengers on the same flight.
Of the CNMIâs total Covid-19 cases, 130 were identified through travel screening at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport: 80 from the U.S., 35 from a U.S. territory, and 15 from a foreign country. Thirty-six of the total cases were identified through community screening: 11 through community-based testing or at CHCC, and 25 through contact tracing.
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TWO newly arrived individuals have been confirmed positive for Covid-19, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. reported on Friday. This brings the CNMIâs total to 166 cases since March 28, 2020.
CHCC said the individuals were identified by travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through testing upon arrival on April 29, 2021. They have been moved to the designated isolation area for close monitoring, and the CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation/Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases, including passengers on the same flight.
Of the CNMIâs total Covid-19 cases, 130 were identified through travel screening at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport: 80 from the U.S., 35 from a U.S. territory, and 15 from a foreign country. Thirty-six of the total cases were identified through community screening: 11 through community-based testing or at CHCC, and 25 through contact tracing.