Fred Wesley
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Bula
Tonight, the permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong announced that after another 2974 tests, we have recorded 11 new positive cases.
The first six are related to the Vunimono/Nadali cluster and were in home isolation. The next five are household contacts of a previous case. They have been in a quarantine facility in Nausori, and tested negative for their entry swabs while being admitted to the facility, but now have tested positive for their second swabs in quarantine.
He said, three previously infected patients have recovered, which means there are currently 57 active cases in home isolation or quarantine facilities. You can read about this on the front page.
COVID-19: 11 New Cases Detected In Isolation After another 2974 tests, we have recorded 11 new positive cases. The first six are related to the Vunimono/Nadali cluster and were in home isolation. by fonua talei Police cordon off Nadali in Nausori. Photo: Salmen Chand
2021-05-20
Eleven new COVID cases were announced by the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong last night.
All these cases were detected while in isolation and posed no risk to the wider community.
Dr Fong said: “After another 2974 tests, we have recorded 11 new positive cases. The first six are related to the Vunimo
Mapping Out Spread Of COVID-19 In Makoi Not Easy: Dr Fong He was questioned why Makoi was not closed off because of the considerable number of positive cases coming from that area. by fonua talei Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr James Fong.
2021-05-15
Mapping out the spread of COVID-19 in Makoi is not geographically easy, Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong said.
He was questioned why Makoi was not closed off because of the considerable number of positive cases coming from that area.
Dr Fong said, “From a medical perspective a proper red zone in relation
Fred Wesley
IMAGE: THE FIJI TIMES
Bula
There was no news conference tonight, however, the permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong announced two new cases of COVID-19.
Two new cases
They are both cases of local transmission.
The first, he said, is the husband of case 159 from the Vunimono cluster and he has been in isolation since Wednesday, May 12.
The second case is a healthcare worker from the Colo-i-Suva isolation ward who is now in isolation himself. Both patients are asymptomatic.
Of the 51 cases we have now, four are border quarantine cases, 35 are local cases and 12 are classified as cases of community transmission.
Fred Wesley
16 May, 2021, 1:45 pm
Lab technicians at work at the Fiji Centre for
Disease Control in Tamavua, Suva last month.
Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU
It is encouraging to note that the Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and will resume processing COVID-19 tests.
In his statement last night, the permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong said all remaining staff have continued to test negative for COVID-19.
None of the laboratory staff, he said, have tested positive to date, which further indicates the virus was brought in from the community.
After being given the choice to either enter a quarantine facility or continue work at the CDC, he said, the vast majority of staff have chosen to remain in the CDC and continue running tests.