Nauru

The government said the recovered cases are out of the 17,173 tests that was carried out during this outbreak.

President Lionel Aingimea confirmed that two new cases were recorded from the accumulative statistics for Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th July.

The two new cases will now bring the total number of active cases to 62.

Aingimea said a total of 407 tests were done over Monday and Tuesday.

During a virtual meeting, the Micronesian Games Council (MGC) confirmed Nauru will host the 2026 Micronesian Games.

President Lionel Rouwen Aingimea said Nauru looks forward to welcoming the athletes of Micronesia to her shores.

Minister for Sports Maverick Eoe, who was responsible for pushing for the bid to host the Games has big plans to build relevant and much-needed sporting infrastructure for the 2026 Games and more importantly, to leave a legacy for the future of the athletes to boost their training performances.

President Lionel Aingimea confirmed in his announcement that the wait will help the body increase immunity.

“Waiting three months is beneficial in terms of building stronger immunity. However, there is no harm if you want your child to take the shot after recovering from Covid as long as they have no acute illness.”

The Public Health Centre is open 10am-5pm for Covid testing, however Tigers Oval is now closed due to minimal number of tests conducted.

“Do not hesitate to ask questions, help or advice from Health professionals at the vaccination stations.”

President Lionel Aingimea confirmed the new cases in his Covid-19 update announcement, yesterday.

Nauru now has 87 active cases and one death.

Aingimea said a total of 215 tests were done over the weekend and out of the 16,864 tests that were done during the outbreak, 4, 511 cases have recovered.

Coach Quincy Detenamo said most of the lifters will be competing for the first time in a Commonwealth Game and it will be a new and exciting experience for them.

Young Tido Ika is the youngest male lifter in team and it will be his first Commonwealth Games.

My-Only Stephen is the youngest female lifter and she is in the 55kg division. It is also her first Commonwealth Games.

The Department of Education said all other classes remain on hold due to the rising in numbers of the Covid-19 cases in the country.

“The Department of Education is working closely with the Taskforce to ensure that all safety measures are undertaken by students and teachers in regards to physical distancing, sanitising hands and wearing masks.”

Schools were closed last month as part of measures to contain a community outbreak of Covid-19.

Officials continue to ease Covid-19 restrictions as of 22 July.

The institution has advised students and staff members to wear a mask and practice proper sanitisation at all times while on campus.

As of today, only students are allowed to use the resources from the campus to prepare for their upcoming exams.

Students were not allowed to sit for their semester one final exam due to Covid restrictions.

The public has also been advised that Covid measures such as social distancing also applies for hiring of the venue for classes.

In the most recent figures Nauru is reporting no new community cases.

There are 46 active cases but none are critical.

4,449 cases have recovered in the five weeks since the virus hit the island.

21 houses are still in lockdown     

All other classes remain on hold.

The Department of Education said it is working closely with the Taskforce to ensure that all safety measures are undertaken by students and teachers in regards to physical distancing, sanitising hands and wearing masks

Meanwhile 188 children aged 5-11 received their Covid vaccinations on Wednesday.

Of this number, 79 children received their first dose (76 per cent) and 109 children received their second dose (14 per cent) and are therefore fully vaccinated.

The Government Information Office said the total number of children that have received their first dose is 1,779.

Children who have taken their first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine on the 27th -28th June are now eligible to take the second dose.

Authorities are advising parents and guardians to get their child tested and vaccinated at the Aiue Boulevard in Aiwo.