The CNMI has been putting in a comparatively solid effort in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, with just 21 cases since the outbreak in March, despite a grim projection of 3,000 positive cases by mid-June.
Citing prediction models, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had expected 3,676 positive cases in the CNMI by mid-June but that has not happened so far, according to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, who cited the CNMI’s current seven active cases as an example of the CNMI’s early success is “flattening the curve.” The term refers to a public health strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Torres credits the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., its chief executive officer, Esther Muña; the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force, and everyone else involved who have been working hard to control the spread of the coronavirus.