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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend reported community spread of the COVID-19 after going months with none.
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the governor s COVID-19 Task Force confirmed a total of eight people from a community cluster tested positive for COVID-19.
During a press conference Saturday, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. Chief Executive Officer Esther Muña said the 147th case is a front-liner and was identified through outbound travel testing Friday. The individual did not show any symptoms and had already been fully vaccinated.
She said even if someone is fully vaccinated it doesn t mean a person won t get the virus. The 147th case is not a traveler, but has a history of being in contact with those arriving in the CNMI, she said.
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In 2015 Typhoon Soudelor hit the CNMI hard and in 2018 Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the islands.
Governor Ralph Torres said he recently met with Major General Brian Neal of the US National Guard to discuss the request.
Torres said that he was not asking for a large National Guard presence in the CNMI, saying 20 to 30 troops would be enough.
He said he realised the importance of having a National Guard in the country during the current pandemic, as almost all the states as well as neighbouring Guam had units.
The governor said CNMI and American Samoa didn t have National Guard units and they were disenfranchised when the directive came out to activate one during the pandemic.