Fiji has 5 new COVID cases – 1 concerning case results in overnight screening
More stringent lockdown measures could start as soon as this evening
Fiji has 5 new COVID cases – 1 concerning case results in overnight screening
More stringent lockdown measures could start as soon as this evening
Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong.
5 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Fiji while screening continued overnight after confirmation that a garment factory worker from Kalabu is one of the positive cases.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first two cases are close household contacts of previously announced cases, and they have tested positive while secure in quarantine facilities.
No national lockdown – Dr Fong
No national lockdown – Dr Fong
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they will not impose a national lockdown as they will need to have a balance for people to access essential services.
He says the conditions for the current lockdown is stricter than the one previously.
Dr Fong says if they impose the national lockdown without the balance, there will be more problems.
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He says they want to stop the virus but people will need to have the services such as food, health and other essentials provided to them.
Dr Fong says he does not know how many people who are COVID-19 positive got their first jab of the vaccine
Dr Fong says he does not know how many people who are COVID-19 positive got their first jab of the vaccine
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says he does not know how many people who are COVID-19 positive have got their first jab of the vaccine.
Dr Fong says their main issue is to contain the spread of COVID-19.
He says no one in Fiji has been fully vaccinated yet because they have not been given the second dose.
If you keep moving around, you are shifting the goal post for me – Dr Fong
If you keep moving around, you are shifting the goal post for me – Dr Fong Wednesday 28/04/2021
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says he wants people to understand that if they keep moving around and do not stay at home, they keep shifting the goal post for him.
He says if we keep shifting the goal post, the two weeks lockdown will extend to three weeks and can even extend to three months.
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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.