Fred Wesley
Image: THE FIJI TIMES
There were a lot of interesting developments today in the Capital City of Suva.
The announcement that the country’s top three doctors in charge of our COVID-19 fight are now working from home as a precautionary measure would have been met with great interest.
The permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr James Fong, announced that we have 35 new cases since the last daily update yesterday. All the cases, he said in his press statement at 7.50pm, are from the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
One is a case from the Navy cluster that was reported last night.
We will only give passes for funerals and medical emergencies - Dr Fong
We will only give passes for funerals and medical emergencies - Dr Fong
Police checking a pass
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has stressed that they will only give passes to move in and out of a containment zone for emergency cases such as medical reasons or funerals.
A number of people lined up at the Ministry of Health Headquarters today to get passes to move in and out of a containment zone.
Dr Fong has made it clear that they have given enough time for people to move to their homes.
2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
1 case is in Ra and 1 who contracted the virus from the Makoi family
2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
1 case is in Ra and 1 who contracted the virus from the Makoi family
Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong
2 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed for Fiji – 1 is from Ra while another is a case that stayed at the Makoi family’s home.
This brings the total number of known COVID cases in Fiji to 111 since our first case was detected on March 19th 2020. 44 of these cases are currently active and isolated.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says after 685 laboratory tests and 20,201 in-person health screenings yesterday, they have the 2 new cases. Doctor Fong says 1 patient, the 110th in Fiji, is of some concern, and it will require additional investigation into his contacts to determine if he is definitively linked to other active cases.
COVID-19 press conference this afternoon
Live coverage on fijivillage
Live coverage on fijivillage
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong. [image: Fijian Government]
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong will have a press conference on COVID-19 this afternoon.
Doctor Fong is currently meeting government officials at the Ministry of Health Headquarters
The time for the press conference is yet to be confirmed.
We will have live coverage fijivillage.
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