The RMI government through Air Marshall Islands is chartering a Fiji Airways aircraft to bring in 49 people from Fiji this Friday.
The Office of the Chief Secretary (OCS) said the purpose of the flight is to bring in workers essential to the Covid-19 response. This includes health care workers (destined for Majuro and Ebeye), pilots and educators.
The anticipated 49 people departing from Fiji will receive Covid-19 testing prior to departure and will undergo 14 days of secure quarantine at the Arrak Quarantine facility with additional Covid-19 testing on day 7 and day 14 of quarantine.
“Like the RMI, Fiji does not have any community transmission of Covid-19 with active Covid-19 cases in secure and controlled border quarantine,” said the OCS.
The Arrak quarantine facility has been configured to accommodate this number of individuals.
Meanwhile, at Kwajalein, the three Marshallese who tested positive for Covid-19 while in quarantine at Kwajalein November 15 tested negative a week later, said Chief Secretary Kino Kabua in a statement issued earlier this week.
The entire group of Marshallese citizens in quarantine at Kwajalein was re-tested November 22.
“A repeat SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) test was carried out on 22 November, and no new cases of Covid-19 have been identified,” said the Office of the Chief Secretary in a release Tuesday. “In addition, the cases notified on 15 November have returned negative Covid-19 tests this week.”
Health authorities who are managing the quarantine process at Kwajalein said none of the 27 have shown any symptoms related to Covid-19 and all of the medical and security staff managing the quarantine facility “also returned negative Covid-19 tests,” said the Chief Secretary.
The group, pending final Covid testing this weekend, is scheduled for release this Sunday, November 29.