Photo: AFP
That compares to 468 cases and 11 deaths in the previous 24-hour period.
Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 12 other Covid-positive people had died however, he said their deaths were not caused by the virus but due to serious pre-existing medical conditions.
Dr Fong said all the victims were unvaccinated against Covid-19. A 73-year-old woman from Namoli Village in Lautoka presented to the Lautoka Hospital Emergency Department in severe respiratory distress on 19 July. Her condition worsened at the hospital and she died on the same day. A 96-year-old woman from Nadera in Nasinu died at home on 22 July. A 67-year-old woman from the capital Suva also died at home on 22 July.
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A rescue mission in Pacific waters prior to July
1957. Picture: FILE
Thursday, July 25, 1957 radio messages seeking aid for seriously ill women – one on board a ship at sea and the other on Pitcairn Island – flashed across the South Pacific for a few days.
Radio receivers in Fiji picked up the messages and Royal Navy, merchant ships, RNZAF planes and medical personnel were alerted in dramatic attempts to bring assistance to the two women.
The Fiji Times reported on Thursday, July 25, 1964, both women were in satisfactory condition.
One of the women, Ms Margaret, a 29-year-old Melbourne nurse, arrived in Suva after a 580-mile mercy flight from the 10,000-tonne United States cargo ship, Sonoma, anchored off Funafuti in the Gilbert and Ellis Island.
Senimili Bradburgh
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