Guam gets sizable shipment of vaccine for April

A new shipment of coronavirus vaccines has arrived. Public Health will be administering the doses in the next few days on" The Path To Half," an initiative to get at least 50 percent of the adult population vaccinated by May 1.
Over the weekend, Public Health received a total of 40,740 double-doses, and 13,000 single-dose vaccines: 25,070 are Pfizer, 15,000 Moderna, and 1,300 Johnson & Johnson single-doses; Pfizer 25,700 doses, Moderna 15,000 doses.
DPHSS director Art San Agustin says they also received another 4,680 doses for the Southern Region Community Health Center and 5,850 doses for the Northern Center.
"Total doses for the health centers received is 10,530, and that's what we have at this time in terms of recent arrivals of vaccines. We do expect to receive more doses this month, and that is what we have received as of yesterday," said San Agustin.
Separately, the governor reacted to news over the weekend of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. It was a mixed message though as the CDC said while fully vaccinated persons are safe to travel, it does not recommend non-essential trips.
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero says the new guidance will not really factor into her decision to ease quarantine protocols come May 1, noting, "It also defers to the states and territories as to what they are implementing as their protocol. So we will continue to require negative PCR. We will continue with our current protocol until May 1. May 1 we will probably change our quarantine protocol and it will be more likely that we will require a negative PCR test and then they can go home."
Arriving passengers would still be required to be on Sara Alert and Guam COVID Alert apps. And the governor says they are still discussing whether the easing will also apply to those arriving from hot spot countries such as the philippines where cases have been spiking.
"They are going to be meeting later on again today I think or tomorrow to discuss this. As you know...things can change depending on what's happening, but right now that's the plan," she said.