COVID-19 – Aejemjem

Community Support for Vaccination Outreach in Hawaii

February, 1st, 2022, Honolulu, HI Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii Press Release On Saturday, January 29th, the Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii (MCOH) hosted a COVID-19 vaccine clinic that drew record numbers of participants in the heart of Waipahu. MCOH partnered with other local non-profits, including nurses from Project Vision, as well as the Hawaii […]

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No Shore Left Untouched: COVID-19 in Chuuk

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The first cases of COVID-19 identified in Wuhan China in December 2019 proceeded to spread around the globe hitting big countries hard in 2020 with successive waves of mutated strains like the Delta variant in 2021 and Omicron in 2022. Micronesian countries, however, were able to isolate themselves from the first several variants and bide

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COVID-19 after Three Years

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As subvariants of the Omicron coronavirus variant continue to circulate around the world, the virus will continue to pick up mutations along the way. Since the Omicron variant was identified at the end of November 2021, there have been several subvariants but no major evolutions in the virus that have been able to evade the

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What to Know about Mpox

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Kajin Ṃajeḷ: chikinmelele.com/kojjela-mpox Last summer I remembered hearing about some kind of monkeypox that could become the next pandemic. After a few weeks though it fell out of the news cycle. As it turned out, monkeypox was neither the next COVID or the next AIDS. It is not even primarily spread by monkeys, so the World Health

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Ta in kōjjeḷā kōn Mpox

COVID-19, Marshallese, News Publications / Melanie

Kajin Iñliij: http://aejemjem.comwhat-to-know-about-mpox/ Jemar 2022 ewōr nuuj kōn juon kij etan monkeypox im ekar wōr kauwōta ekāāl in pandemic. Ak ālikin jet iien, ejjeḷọk bar nuuj. Kiiō, etan in mpox ekkar ñan World Health Organization. Ewōr meḷeḷe eḷapḷọk ilo Kajjitōk ko Ekkūtkūt an Oregon Health Authority. Ilo 2022, ewōr nañimej in Mpox ilo 110 laḷ akō ilo US

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Community Transmission of COVID-19 in Yap

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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

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September 2022 sees COVID-19 Surge in Yap

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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

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In Memoriam: FSM Vice President Yosiwo P. George

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Read in Chuukese – Acheman Amafen Yosio Palikuun George On August 14th, 2022, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced, with great sadness, that the Honorable Yosiwo Palikkun George, Vice President of the FSM, passed away. Vice President Yosiwo Palikkun George dedicated his life to the service of this Nation with unquestionable

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Acheman Amafen Yosio Palikkun George

Chuukese, COVID-19, Island Life / Melanie

Read in English – In Memoriam: The Honorable Yosiwo P. George Translated by: Dania Narruhn Nón Akos 14, 2022 ewe mwuun Federated States of Micronesia a apioni fiti ar chupun me netipeta pun ámafen Yosiwo Palikkun George, ewe Vice President nón ach we muun FSM a sopono. Vice President Yosio Palikkun George emon chon fangetá

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Addressing Criticisms of the COVID Response in Majuro

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Let me take a moment to make a personal reflection before reporting on covid news from Majuro. When the covid pandemic shut down schools and work and closed borders two and half years ago, I was revisited by a powerful kind of dread, a feeling that I worked through after my father unexpectedly died when

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