September 2022

With the discovery of two cases of community transmission in Yap on August 16, 2022, the Governor temporarily suspended work for all government non-essential workers and closed all schools for August 17-22 to prepare emergency response.  Within the following 3 days, there had been 13 new cases reported.  With the lead time following the COVID […]

The first week of September has seen COVID-19 surge in Yap. The Yap State Department of Health has reported that Yap has been hitting consistently high numbers of new positive cases for COVID-19, at 200 plus cases a day, since September 1.. Many health workers have also come down with COVID-19 due to the amount