(CHCC) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. said one of its “critical essential” personnel tested positive for Covid-19 on Dec. 22, 2020. The CHCC personnel is one of two individuals identified by travel screening and confirmed diagnosis through fifth day testing as per current incoming traveler protocols set forth by the Governor’s Covid-19 Task Force and CHCC. This brings the CNMI’s total to 118 confirmed cases since March 28, 2020.
The individual was recently on official travel as a medical escort for severely and critically ill patients from Saipan to Hawaii, and the U.S. mainland.
The individual in this instance is asymptomatic, and the virus may have been incubating at the point of testing on the first day, but not at detectable levels. On the scheduled fifth day testing, the individual tested positive for Covid-19 and was safely transported to the designated isolation area for close monitoring. In addition, persons under investigation who were immediately identified as close contacts were also transported to the designated isolation area for testing and monitoring. So far, tests results have returned negative for Covid-19, but will be tested again before being released. Contact tracing for additional close contacts of the new confirmed case was conducted and is still being investigated.
More details to follow.
