By Journal on January 26, 2023
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![Nito’s Wings founder Deborah Yoder with Aur Mayor Fred Bukida and the donated health supplies for Aur Atoll earlier this month in Majuro. Nito’s team delivers health needs](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Nito-1-27-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
EVE BURNS Nito’s Wings founder Deborah Yoder was a volunteer nurse in Majuro in 2016 and worked with Nito’s family in an attempt to save Nito’s life. She told the Journal she later contacted the late Ambassador Tony deBrum requesting to start a California based non-profit in honor of Ceihera Toni Miyoko “Nito” deBrum Kedi. […]
By Journal on June 23, 2022
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![ublic Health nurse Shimiko Thomas was involved in house-to-house Covid vaccinations earlier this year. Public Health teams will begin rolling out vaccines for young children in July, following the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control approval of the vaccines. Photo: Eve Burns. Child vaccine rollout in July](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/covid-.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW The Ministry of Health and Human Services will begin providing the Covid-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years on Friday July 15, according to RMI Director of Public Health Dr. Frank Underwood. This follows approval of the vaccines for young children by the US Food and Drug Administration late last […]
By Journal on July 15, 2021
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![Majuro hospital staff in full personal protection gear ready for action as part of Covid preparedness. RMI Covid prevention action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/covid-7-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Majuro hospital’s Covid isolation ward, built last year, is getting a workout this month — all for non-Covid medical reasons. First was a Vietnamese fishermen who was successfully treated for knife wounds sustained during a fight on a purse seiner. He was to be released Monday this week, but has been held longer due to […]
By Journal on May 20, 2021
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![An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane lands at Pohnpei International Airport, FSM, carrying passengers from Guam during a repatriation fight May 13. The humanitarian flights were the first to allow passengers to deplane in the FSM since the country closed its borders in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. US aids FSM return](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/s2-521.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW The first group of people to be repatriated to the Federated States of Micronesia since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in Pohnpei from Guam on May 13 and 14.Forty-two FSM citizens were on board the two humanitarian flights conducted by the US Coast Guard and funded by the US government. The […]
By Journal on April 29, 2021
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![In this Journal file photo, two workers at Pan Pacific Foods loining plant in Majuro work on the production line. Photo: Giff Johnson. Covid issues for loining plant](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ppf-4-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Pan Pacific Foods tuna loining plant said it has a minimum of five supervisory personnel that it has to get to Majuro for the plant to get into full operation. PPF General Manager Wanjun “Young” Yang told the Journal last weekend that five of the plant’s key supervisors were out of RMI when the […]
By Journal on January 14, 2021
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![Covid-19 Vaccines More Covid vaccines hit RMI](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sp-Covid-1-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Since the rollout of Covid vaccinations in RMI shortly before the New Year, the Ministry of Health and Human Services has vaccinated 612 healthcare workers and other “front line” employees. Meantime, the RMI’s Covid vaccination program for the public will soon be moving into high-gear, with the arrival in Majuro of 6,000 doses of the […]
By Journal on December 24, 2020
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GIFF JOHNSONThe first batch of Covid-19 vaccines are scheduled to arrive within the next week, possibly as early as this weekend, according to RMI officials.The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is providing an initial delivery of the Moderna-developed vaccine to the RMI, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.The RMI Cabinet, Ministry of Health […]
By Journal on June 11, 2020
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![Kwajalein Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Craig Corey shows Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua the Covid-19 test machine used at the US Army base. Photo: Hilary Hosia. RMI extends travel ban](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/USAGKA-6-12.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The RMI National Disaster Committee extended the Covid-19 border closure for another month with the issuance of a new Travel Advisory late last week. Chief Secretary Kino Kabua issued Travel Advisory 14 June 4, extending the ban on incoming travelers to July 5. It also continues the ban on travel between Majuro and Kwajalein on […]
By Journal on May 14, 2020
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![Majuro hospital nurse Gina Anuntak takes the temperature of a person entering Majuro hospital for services recently, one of a number of new practices instituted in the Covid-19 environment. The RMI has no confirmed cases of Covid-19 locally. Photo: Eve Burns. RMI health providers on Covid-19](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hospital-5-18.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
EVE BURNS “I love taking care of people, it’s a really rewarding job,” said Gina Anuntak an outpatient department nurse at Majuro hospital. Anuntak told the Journal that she feels ready for when the coronavirus does find its way into our islands. She firmly believes that the training they had in preparation for the coronavirus […]
By Journal on May 7, 2020
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![“Mutilated and worn cash” is causing Bank of Guam ATMs in Majuro to break down. There have been no recent infusions of new cash via Guam courier service because of a combination of the Covid-19-caused halt to regularly scheduled air service and the ban on inbound arrivals. More fallout from Covid-19](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cash-5-8.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Anything electrical or mechanical, or both, faces operational challenges in the Marshall Islands simply because the salt air environment is harsh on equipment.Now we can add another complication to salt air, one we can blame on the coronavirus even though it has not yet arrived here. Majuro is operating with green paper that has not […]