Palau health officials said they are on track to conduct its first Covid-19 vaccination by January and according to the Center for Disease Control website ,the nation will get its Moderna allocation, simultaneous with Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) this week.
The US Food and Drug Administration last week authorized the second Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Dr Emais Roberts, Palau Health Minister earlier said that Moderna is more suitable for the nation because it doesn t need cold storage.
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Gaafar Uherbelau Ministry of Health s Emergency Operation Center s (EOC) Deputy Incident Commander said that first batch of vaccines will be given to healthcare workers first, and then frontline workers, government workers, 18 or older with underlying conditions and the 65 and older.
NEARLY 20,000 ALIEN WORKERS IN NORTHERN Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 00:00
MARIANAS
New registration program draws heavy response
By Ferdie de la Torre SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, Dec. 30, 2009) – In the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), an estimated 19,000-plus alien workers and those with Immediate Relative status participated in the Office of the Federal Ombudsman s accounting process, which ended yesterday after a 16-day run.
In response to a Saipan Tribune inquiry, Ombudsman Pamela Brown disclosed that as of Monday, over 18,000 alien workers in the CNMI have filed registration forms and her office expects around 1,500 more to be submitted yesterday, the last day of the accounting process.
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