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Yap’s border fully open to international travelers By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press
yet had community transmission of the COVID virus and wanted to keep it that way. Chuuk still has extremely limited August 20, 2022 passenger limits but Yap has opened for Yap—As of August 20, 2022, Yap became travelers. the third FSM state to fully open its borders to international travelers. On that After Yap’s first two cases were identified, date, Yap Governor Jesse Salalu wrote the Yap Government acted quickly to FSM President David Panuelo telling him shut down non-essential services, close that Yap no longer required a restriction schools and establish test and treat limiting the number of Yap bound centers. Quick action and the highest per passengers on flights to 50. capita vaccination rate in the FSM acted to somewhat limit the spread of the virus When the FSM opened its borders to as compared to what was experienced international travelers on August 3, 2022, in Pohnpei and Kosrae. (Editor’s note: Yap and Chuuk governments asked that as of August 29, 599 people in Yap had the number of travelers to their States be contracted the virus. 128 of those cases limited since neither of those States had were not within the community but
Four OLMCHS students receive $10,000 from STEP-UP Program On August 25, 2022, during the Orientation for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, four 12th Grade Students of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School (OLMCHS) received their Certificates of Outstanding Achievement from the National Institute of Health, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and Short Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential 2022 (STEP-UP Program 2022). Each of the four students also
received a $2,500.00 check to the delight and cheers of their classmates. The simple awarding ceremony was also witnessed by their very happy and supportive parents. The four students spent the whole Summer of 2022 doing their research both in the lab and in the field. They were all mentored and guided by Dr. Manoj Click here for continuation
aboard the Hapilmohol II on its return from the Micronesia Expo in Pohnpei. The August 29 report showed the largest 24 hour increase in identified cases by a factor of three since the virus first arrived
in the community.) Yap government employees returned to work on August 22 and Yap schools reopened on August 23.