Chief Mailo crew and one passenger all test negative Chief Mailo allowed to dock for reprovisioning
Details Written by Bill Jaynes
February 19, 2021
Pohnpei On February 17, 2021, the Pohnpei State COVID-19 Task Force met and unanimously decided to conduct a re-test on all the MV Chief Mailo crewmembers and one passenger. The decision to conduct these tests were in response to a letter from President Panuelo to Governor Oliver to disembark one person from the MS Chief Mailo and bring in the vessel to provision and fuel.
The Task Force’s understanding of the MS Chief Mailo COVID-19 situation was that one POSITIVE case still remained on board. A joint medical report confirmed the POSITIVE test as a historical case, no other tests were conducted after that. Task Force Medical Advisor, Dr. Rally Jim, confirmed that while the historical case remains POSITIVE, a risk of infection, however small, still remained.