Fijian Health Secretary James Fong said the AUSMAT team would help the ministry plan for the worst. The Australians will provide for contingency beyond our current surge preparations. We have extra space to deploy for field hospitals and we have extra critical care capacity we have yet to activate. They come to help us plan beyond that, he said.
Dr Fong said discussions with Canberra were now advanced and he expected the Australian team to arrive in Fiji soon.
Head of Health Protection and Fiji s Centre for Disease Control, Aalisha SahuKhan said their case count per day was now higher than what both Australia and New Zealand have had.
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