Pregnant women urged to get the COVID-19 vaccine

20 March 2022, Port Vila

Pregnant women urged to get the COVID-19 vaccine now

The Ministry of Health is urging all pregnant women to get their COVID-19 vaccine now.
Acting Director of Curative & Hospital Services, Dr. Sereana Natuman said, “COVID-19 vaccines offer pregnant women strong protection against severe illness from COVID-19. I urge everyone, especially pregnant women, to get their vaccine soon so that they can take advantage of this crucial protection.”

Vanuatu Situation Report #73 Issued 19 March-Covering 18-19 March 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 952 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 174 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 163 on Efate island (Shefa province) and an additional 11 on Santo island (Sanma province) that are in the process of being inputted into the national reporting system

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Vanuatu Situation Report #72 Issued 18 March-Covering 17-18 March 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 753 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 150 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 146 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 4 on Santo island (Sanma province).

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Vanuatu Situation Report #71 – Issued 17 March Covering 16 to 17 March 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 594 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 119 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 119 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 0 on Santo island (Sanma province).

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Test sites if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms

18 March 2022, Port Vila

Get tested for COVID-19 symptoms

The Ministry of Health is advising public to get tested if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. People are advised to go to the Vila Central Hospital and Northern Provincial Hospital for tests