JIC RELEASE NO. 157 - End of Day Results: Two Test Positive for COVID-19 by DPHSS;Governor Signs Executive Order 2020-19;Expanded COVID-19 Testing Offered in the Villages; Updated Hours of Operation for DPHSS Medical Triage Hotline - GHS OCD

COVID-19 test results are reported from multiple labs at varying times of the day. The cumulative total from all labs will be reported on a nightly basis, unless unavailable. The following breakdown provides cumulative COVID-19 test results for Tuesday, June 2, 2020:

Laboratory	Confirmed on Tuesday, June 2	Samples Tested (June 2)	Samples Tested (June 1)	Total Negative Cases (March 12 - June 2)	Total Confirmed Cases (March 12 - June 2, 2020)
DPHSS Guam Public Health Laboratory (GPHL)	2	29	27	3,148	145
Naval Health Research Center (NHRC)¹/U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam²	0	N/A	0	1,101	14
Diagnostic Laboratory Services (DLS)2	0	N/A	0	906	7
Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA) Laboratory³	0	N/A	24	856	3
Guam National Guard (GUNG) Laboratory⁴	0	N/A	0	17	0
Guam Regional Medical City (GRMC) Laboratory⁵	0	N/A	22	186	0
Probable cases	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	8
AS OF 8:15 PM, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020	Total Confirmed on Tuesday, June 2: 2	Total Samples Tested June 2: 29	Total Samples Tested June 1: 73	Total Negative Cases (March 12 - June 2): 6,214	Total COVID-19 Cases (March 12 - June 2): 177

¹Beginning March 26, 2020
²Beginning March 31, 2020
³Beginning April 15, 2020
⁴Beginning April 23, 2020
⁵Beginning April 30, 2020

The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) tested 29 individuals for COVID-19 on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 with conclusive results. Two tested positive through DPHSS and 27 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.

To date, there have been 177 cases confirmed through COVID-19 testing provided with 5 deaths, 148 released from isolation, and 24 active cases. New criteria for release of cases from isolation were implemented on May 22. For persons having symptoms, at least 10 days have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) and any other symptoms attributed to COVID-19 infection AND at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared—or, with recurrent symptoms, at least 10 days have passed since recurrent symptoms appeared—AND at least 14 days have passed since the date of their first (or most recent) positive COVID-19 diagnostic test. For persons without symptoms, at least 14 days have passed since the date of their first (or most recent) positive COVID-19 diagnostic test assuming they have not subsequently developed symptoms since their positive test.

Governor Signs Executive Order 2020-19
Today, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed Executive Order (EO) 2020-19 relative to safely addressing the critical shortage of personal protective equipment necessary for responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This guidance will be limited in duration and will expire no later than July 15, 2020.

Under EO 2020-19, DPHSS may develop and adopt temporary guidance to the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency (CQA) to allow for the importation, distribution, and sale of specific COVID-19 related commodities. DPHSS and CQA will ensure that such commodities meet the criteria of this temporary guidance for the category of importation.

It will be the responsibility of the manufacturers, importers, and consignees to ensure that all COVID-19 related commodities intended for consumer use meet all the criteria of the DPHSS temporary guidance. All commodities that fail to comply with the provisions of the temporary guidance may be refused entry and either destroyed or sent back to the point of origin at the owner’s, importer’s, or consignee’s expense. The satisfaction of all the criteria under the DPHSS temporary guidance will not relieve the owners, importers, or consignees of any of their obligations under federal law.

DPHSS Guidance Memo 2020-12
DPHSS has issued DPHSS Guidance Memo 2020-12 relative to a revised minimum requirements for dine-in restaurants.

The revised guidance amends/adds the following provisions:

recommends covering chairs if made of fabric and other porous materials with non-porous material for easy cleaning and disinfection or disposable coverings as an alternative (such as paper coverings);
exempts booth seating from the 6ft separation requirement provided that physical barriers are installed between booths or existing barriers are tall enough to adjacent parties;
to the extent feasible, requires staff to maintain 6 ft separation; and
requires customers to utilize hand sanitizer or wash hands upon entry.

For further questions, please contact the Division of Environmental Health at 300-9579 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Expanded COVID-19 Testing Offered in the Villages
DPHSS has expanded their community testing to include additional villages starting June 3-23, 2020 (refer to attached flyer). Community testing encompasses both village-level outreaches that are free and open to all village residents as well as outreaches at more specific village locations open to walk-ups.

If your business has been in operation since March 2020, and you feel that your employees have been in contact or have had possible exposure to any frontline workers, please feel free to share this information with them and encourage them to go to any of the COVID-19 outreaches for testing. Individuals can also go to their private health care provider to request for a COVID-19 test.

The DPHSS Community Health Centers in Dededo and Inarajan, or the Central Public Health Center in Barrigada also provides COVID-19 testing.

COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing:

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Yigo Gym
- Free and open to Yigo residents
Thursday, June 4, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at GHURA Public Housing, Dededo
- Free and open to GHURA elderly & public housing Dededo residents
Friday, June 5, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Sinajana Mayor's office
- Free and open to Sinajana residents
Monday, June 8, 2020, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. at the DPHSS Central Public Health Center, Barrigada
- Free and open to Palau residents
Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the DPHSS Southern Regional Community Health Center parking lot, Inarajan
- Free and open to Inarajan residents
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 9 a.m. -12 p.m. at the Mongmong Church
- Free and open to Mongmong-Toto-Maite residents
Thursday, June 11, 2020, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Merizo Senior Center
- Free and open to Merizo residents
Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Piti Mayor’s Office
- Free and open to Piti residents
Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Santa Rita Senior Center
- Free and open to Santa Rita residents
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the St. Anthony Church grounds, Tamuning
- Free and open to Tamuning and Tumon residents
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the GPD Police Koban Parking Lot (next to Barrigada Community Center)
- Free and open to Barrigada residents

Updated Hours of Operation for DPHSS Medical Triage Hotline
If you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please call your health care provider. If a patient does not have a regular health care provider, they can call any of the Community Health Centers or the DPHSS Medical Triage Hotline Phone Numbers listed below, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, to report symptoms and obtain guidance from clinicians, or call 311 and dial option number 1.

(671) 480-7859
(671) 480-6760/3
(671) 480-7883
(671) 687-6170 (ADA Dedicated Number)

For inquiries on COVID-19, contact 311 through a local number, or call the Joint Information Center at (671) 478-0208/09/10.

Click Here to View 20.0602 SSD to SPKR re EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-19

Click Here to View DPHSS Guidance Memo 2020-12 (Rev) (06-02-20)

Click Here to View COVID-19 Testing (updated 06.02.20)

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To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

JIC RELEASE NO. 157 - End of Day Results: Two Test Positive for COVID-19 by DPHSS;Governor Signs Executive Order 2020-19;Expanded COVID-19 Testing Offered in the Villages; Updated Hours of Operation for DPHSS Medical Triage Hotline