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14-day quarantine for all CNMI arrivals
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres ordered Friday a more stringent 14-day quarantine for people coming to the CNMI beginning today, March 23, following the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Guam.
“COVID-19 is spreading in Guam,” Torres stated. “Further discussions with the [ Commonwealth Health Care Corp.] indicate that, given the CNMI’s resources, prevention and containment of COVID-19 would be best aided by having all persons entering into the CNMI be quarantined in a more closely-monitored environment than self-quarantining would provide.”
This includes putting travelers in facilities designated for quarantine.
“Effective March 23, 2020, at 8am, all persons who are traveling into the CNMI, including CNMI residents, who originate from a country with an identified COVID-19 outbreak, inclusive of Guam, Hawaii, and the continental United States, shall be quarantined for a 14-consecutive day period in a manner prescribed by CHCC,” states Torres’ amended order.
Furthermore, travelers whose final destination is Rota or Tinian will also be subject to the same quarantine at a designated hotel and enrolled in the CHCC COVID-19 text-based illness monitoring system, subject to monitoring and follow up with CHCC based on surveillance protocols.
Pilots and flight crew who do not disembark will not be quarantined. Individuals with documented return flights within less than 14 days of arrival will be permitted to depart the CNMI; however, they will be quarantined at the designated hotel.
People entering the CNMI by vessel must also first proceed to Saipan, report to authorities and CHCC, and then serve the same 14-day quarantine period on Saipan at the designated hotel, before traveling on to Tinian, Rota, or any other CNMI island.
Those who fail to comply with this quarantine protocol will be arrested and confined.
After completing the 14-day quarantine period, CHCC will issue a document stating that the individual does not have symptoms (asymptomatic). If your final destination is Tinian or Rota, the individual must present this document to the airline or vessel when checking in for a flight or voyage to Tinian or Rota.
Individuals who are subject to this quarantine protocol and are without the CHCC document will not be allowed to board the plane or the vessel.
