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Nauru considers special requests for COVID-19 tests prior to departure

However, these tests are outside the government’s mandatory testing requirements and therefore fees will apply to cover lab testing and doctor’s consultation fees.

This new requirement was highlighted today in this week’s situational update on COVID-19 by President Lionel Aingimea.

President Aingimea says Nauru remains free of coronavirus but elsewhere in the region the virus isn’t slowing down.

Nauru remains coronavirus free

President Lionel Aingimea told the local media today (Tuesday) that measures taken by the government, health department and other stakeholders to keep Nauru safe from coronavirus are working well.

According to the government’s Facebook page, the third group of arrivals from Brisbane over the weekend has been placed in quarantine at the Menen Hotel and are doing well.

‘As previously reported, the first group has four residents who recorded fevers and are awaiting their test results.’