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Guam’s mandatory 14-day travel quarantine could be eased, starting May 1, provided at least half of the island’s adult population is fully vaccinated by that time, according to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero.
Guam currently is halfway toward meeting that target, said Dr. Felix Cabrera, who is chief medical officer at the Department of Public Health and Social Services. He said Guam currently is administering 1,557 vaccine doses per day, and the number of doses will increase significantly during the next couple of weeks.
The governor Monday announced the reopening plan, called the “Path to Half,” which would allow some arriving travelers to skip the 14-day hotel quarantine altogether.
No new cases of COVID-19 out of 115 tests
There were 115 COVID-19 tests performed March 13 an no one tested positive for the virus.
Guam has had a total of 7,768 officially reported cases of COVID-19, according to the Joint Information Center.
There have been 133 deaths and there are 32 cases in active isolation.
COVID-19 community testing will be held from 9 a.m. to noon March 15, 17 and 19 at the old carnival grounds in Tiyan. Tests will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Only for people per vehicle are allowed to be tested.Bring a picture ID.
COVID-19 vaccination clinics are set for 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 16-20 at the University of Guam Calvo Field House.
Vaccine eligibility expands next Monday, to residents 50 and older
Steve Limtiaco
Prisoners also are eligible for vaccines, effective immediately, according to the Joint Information Center.
It’s the first major shift in eligibility in more than a month, and will allow about 10,000 more residents to receive vaccines.
Eligibility for residents 50 and older starts March 15 and the mass vaccination clinic at the University of Guam Calvo Field House is scheduled to start giving more first vaccine doses March 16.
The clinic this week is administering only second doses of vaccines. At the current pace, the field house clinic could administer more than 8,000 doses through Saturday, according to the Guam National Guard, which is operating the clinic.
Vaccine vials contained 1,000 more doses than stated on label
Steve Limtiaco
The government’s mass vaccination clinic is administering only second COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, but eligible residents who want a first dose can ask their private health care provider.
The Department of Public Health and Social Services, which last Friday received the island’s doses for March, gave 1,440 of those doses to private providers, according to governor’s spokeswoman Krystal Paco-San Agustin.
Guam received a total of 35,260 doses for March, of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Guam, by the end of February, had squeezed nearly 1,000 extra doses out of its vaccine allotment, according to the Joint Information Center. The Pfizer vaccine, after dilution, contains one extra dose per vial, the Joint Information Center stated, for a total of six doses instead of the five doses stated on the label.