Officials managed to screen and swab 95% of the group that they wanted to get despite the heavy rain – Dr Fong
Officials managed to screen and swab 95% of the group that they wanted to get despite the heavy rain – Dr Fong
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Health officials managed to screen and swab 95 percent of the group of people that they wanted to get despite the heavy rain experienced in the Suva-Nausori containment area
This is confirmed by the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong when questioned if there are any plans if it continues to rain throughout the 56 hours lockdown period.
Non-essential businesses are still open in Navua
Non-essential businesses are still open in Navua
Navua Town.
Non-essential businesses are still open in Navua despite clear directives from the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong that only essential businesses like supermarkets should be open across the country apart from the Suva-Nausori containment zones.
We have received numerous concerns from some of the residents who just wanted to shop for food in the supermarket that almost all the shops were open with people crowding up in town.
They have said that people have come out with family members to do their shopping which was very risky, despite several warnings that Navua is also an area of interest of contact tracing.
5-yr-old and 15-yr-old daughters of the Cunningham woman test positive for COVID-19
Suva Nausori lockdown decision to be reviewed tomorrow evening after test results of the contacts of the garment factory worker
5-yr-old and 15-yr-old daughters of the Cunningham woman test positive for COVID-19
Suva Nausori lockdown decision to be reviewed tomorrow evening after test results of the contacts of the garment factory worker
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong. [Image: Fijian Government]
Two COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in isolation while an additional 25,064 Fijians were screened through the Health Ministry’s mobile screening teams and at screening clinics since yesterday.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says one of the groups of people that they owe a lot to is the military who do a lot of the heavy lifting for them.
He says members of the military have worked tirelessly.
Doctor Fong adds the military does the heavy lifting so that others can just carry a pen and paper and write things down during contact tracing.
He adds at the moment there are only a few military people that are not part of their operation.
Doctor Fong says the Army Commander has already said that he can deploy more military personnel.