AS recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force have announced a âpauseâ on the use of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid-19 vaccines.
CHCC said all 49 CNMI residents who received the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine had not reported any adverse side effects.
âFor people who got the vaccine more than a month ago, the risk to them is very low at this time. For people who recently got the vaccine â within the last few weeks â they should be aware of any symptoms,â CHCC stated.
THE contact tracing that the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. immediately conducted after a U.S. solider tested positive for Covid-19 yielded negative results, CHCC Chief Executive Officer Esther Muna said.
On Monday, the U.S. militaryâs Joint Region Marianas issued informed the public that a U.S. Army medical professional tested positive for Covid-19 following fifth-day testing by CHCC staff on April 6.
The soldier was placed into the isolation facility in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.
In an email interview, Muna said that as with any detected case, âcontact tracing starts immediately and the individual and contacts were immediately moved to the designated isolation area for close monitoring.â
WE canât emphasize enough how the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force have done a great job in establishing protocols that allowed the CNMI to manage the pandemic, save lives, and motivate us to work together in getting our economy back up and running.
Our economy relies heavily on tourism. With ongoing uncertainty with this crisis, we must work on a road map for the safe resumption of the critical and only industry in the CNMI.
The Governorâs Council of Economic Advisers or GCEA, through its Tourism Resumption Blueprint, offers a pathway that recognizes the threats associated with increased arrivals into the CNMI and places the safety of its residents and visitors as its foremost priority. The blueprint recommends implementing enhanced safety protocols â Â testing upon arrival, quarantine, and reporting and monitoring of visitors â educating stakeholders about the rapid response for containment, and creating travel bu
TWO additional individuals have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. said on Monday.
Within the recently identified community cluster, a total of 10 individuals have been confirmed positive for Covid-19. The cluster brings the CNMIâs total confirmed cases to 156 since March 28, 2020. There were two fatalities in March and April 2020.
The two additional cases were identified through expanded contact tracing and testing on redundant platforms, the task force and CHCC said. Both individuals are safely in quarantine and are asymptomatic. All positive cases and close contacts are isolated and in quarantine away from the community, the task force and CHCC added.
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