“To his family and friends, please accept our deepest condolences and sympathies. I hope you find comfort with the knowledge you have the support of our entire island community,” said Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero. “Because of the nature of a pandemic, our individual actions do not just affect ourselves — they affect those around us. We cannot become complacent, and we must accept that we all have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of Guam.”
The Department of Corrections, for its part, has been notified that five recruits and six officers assigned to the Adult Correctional Facility in Mangilao have tested positive for Covid-19. Some of the infected officers were off-duty and reported experiencing flu-like symptoms, while other officers who were on duty and reported feeling ill were immediately secured from duty.
Through Corrections’ internal contact tracing efforts, 19 officers were ordered to quarantine at home for 14 days and were instructed to seek medical attention upon the onset of any signs of illness. As a further result of these efforts, 20 inmates and 10 officers who were identified as close contacts were also tested by the department’s medical clinic and received negative results.
At this time, there are no reported cases of Covid-19 within Corrections’ inmate population.
Also on Wednesday, the Guam Regional Transit Authority was notified that an employee of the authority had tested positive for Covid-19. At this time, GRTA paratransit and fixed route operations are unaffected and will continue normal operations. GRTA continues to perform mitigation measures.
For more information on Guam’ Covid-19 cases, go to http://dphss.guam.gov/covid-19
