Fred Wesley
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Tonight the permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong announced our highest number of COVID-19 cases. We have recorded 83 new cases since the update yesterday. The majority of these cases, he said, are from known clusters or areas already under containment or lockdown protocols, including in Waila, CWM Hospital, IMT-HQ, IMT Warehouse, Caubati, Navy, Samabula, Shop N Save Supermarket, Nawaka Nadi, and Navosai.
New clusters have been reported in Naitasiri.
The new cases reported in Naitasiri are from the following localities: two cases from Matasinasau Village, one of whom was recently discharged from CWM and one case who had moved to Tavua Village by the time the results were known; one case from Laselevu; one case in the Savusavu settlement; and one case in Vuisiga Village, Vunidawa.
Fiji recorded 33 new cases today. Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong outlined the following: Navosai – 5 Navy – 5 IMT HQ – 2 IMT.
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28 Cases, With Five New Sources Being Investigated Current investigations into the situation at CWM Hospital indicate that so far the transmission was limited to specific areas of the hospital, and this has allowed us to maintain services such as maternity and pediatrics, where our testing revealed no positive cases by inoke rabonu Dr James Fong. Photo: Leon Lord
Ministry of Health and Medical Services are currently investigating the source of infections of five new cases.
28 cases were announced as of 6pm last night.
Nawaka Nadi cluster – 2
One is under investigation with no known links to other cases at this stage.