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We are expecting more positive cases of COVID-19 in the coming days - Dr Sahukhan
We are expecting more positive cases of COVID-19 in the coming days - Dr Sahukhan
Head of Health Protection, Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan
Head of Health Protection, Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan says they are expecting more positive cases of COVID-19 in the coming days because of the 14 days incubation period.
Doctor Sahukhan says they have tested 69 contacts of first cases and 300 plus people who are secondary contacts and the results were negative in the first test.
She says they know the virus can take up to 14 days to show up in a test or even cause symptoms and this why they feel there will be more cases.
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Variant will be determined once samples are sent to our reference lab in Melbourne – Dr Sahukhan
Variant will be determined once samples are sent to our reference lab in Melbourne – Dr Sahukhan
Head of Health Protection at the Ministry of Health Doctor Alisha Sahukhan. [image: Fijian Govt.]
The Head of Health Protection at the Ministry of Health, Doctor Alisha Sahukhan says the variant of COVID-19 in Fiji will be determined once the samples are sent to their reference lab in Melbourne, Australia.
Doctor Sahukhan says with this, they expect that the samples will go out this week and they should receive the result in the next week or two.
Two new COVID-19 border quarantine cases in Fiji - Dr Sahukhan
Two new COVID-19 border quarantine cases in Fiji - Dr Sahukhan
There are two more confirmed COVID-19 border quarantine cases in Fiji.
The Head of Health Protection at the Ministry of Health, Doctor Alisha Sahukhan says these cases are two soldiers aged 25 and 32 who recently returned from duties overseas.
Doctor Sahukhan says these are the cases that they are used to, where people come from overseas and go to the isolation ward at Lautoka Hospital in accordance with their normal protocol for positive cases.
She says with this latest border cases, there are now 10 active cases admitted at the Lautoka Isolation Unit.