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2 new COVID-19 cases
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Posted on May 28 2021
The CNMI recorded two fresh cases of COVID-19 after two passengers tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday. This brings the islands’ total COVID-19 cases to 183 cases since March 28, 2020.
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. said the two individuals were identified by travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through fifth-day testing on May 26, 2021, and testing on arrival on May 27, 2021.
The two individuals have been moved to the designated isolation area at the Kanoa Resort Alternate Care Site for close monitoring.
The CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation/Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases, including passengers on the same flight.
Out of the 183 total COVID-19 cases, CHCC said 147 were identified by travel screening while 36 were local transmissions—11 from community-based tracing and 16 from contact tracing.
The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority, meanwhile, continues to do its part in assisting the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force with transporting of all inbound passengers traveling into Saipan to the designated quarantine facility and providing free transportation for anyone needing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. As of May 26, 2021, COTA has conducted 16,724 trips related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHCC also announced that residents who choose to get vaccinated until June 5 have a chance to win either a one-night stay with breakfast for two persons at Kensington Hotel Saipan or two golf vouchers for 18-hole rounds at Coral Ocean Point. Names will be drawn on June 7, 2021. Go online at www.vaccinatecnmi.com or call (670)682-SHOT (7468) to register for your vaccination. Walk-ins are also available at all sites and locations.
Starting Sunday, May 30, CHCC and the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force will make the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine available at eight new outreach sites. Earlier, CHCC and the task force opened vaccination to 12 years and older. They are now able to be registered for COVID-19 vaccinations at all sites. (Saipan Tribune)
