JIC RELEASE NO. 46 - Five Test Positive for COVID-19; DPHSS Guidance: Be Proactive, Take Action to Protect Yourself, Your Family - GHS OCD

Breaking News Found at Governor Leon Guerrero’s Facebook Page:

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The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) tested 41 individuals for COVID-19 on Thursday, April 2, 2020 with conclusive results. Five (5) tested positive through DPHSS and 36 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. The DPHSS overall count also includes six positive cases that were tested by the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego.

To date, a total of 82 cases tested positive with 12 patients who have recovered and three deaths.

Confirmed Cases of COVID-19
Tested by DPHSS Guam Public Health Lab (GPHL)	Tested by NHRC	Total
76	6	82

All 67 remaining cases tested by GPHL and NHRC are in isolation.

DPHSS Guidance: Be Proactive, Take Action to Protect Yourself and Your Family
As the number of cases grow in Guam, the number of close contacts requiring quarantine multiplies. The Department of Public Health and Social Services is working non-stop to contact all cases.

DPHSS advises that if you suspect you were a close contact to a confirmed case, start your own self-quarantine. Do not wait to be notified by department staff. Stay home and distance yourself from others in your household for 14 days from the exposure. If you develop symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell and/or taste), isolate yourself in a separate bedroom and call your healthcare provider or the medical triage hotline at 311.

The steps to take when someone at home is sick can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html

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

X Flooding is a temporary overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. Flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a house to the rooftop. There are many possible causes of floods including heavy rain, coastal storms and storm surge, waterway overflow from being blocked with debris, or overflow of levees, dams, or waste water systems. Flooding can occur slowly over many days or happen very quickly with little or no warning, called flash floods.

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. 46 - Five Test Positive for COVID-19; DPHSS Guidance: Be Proactive, Take Action to Protect Yourself, Your Family