Talebula Kate
20 May, 2021, 2:42 pm
Police Constable Sevanaia Nadoki and othr police officers man the Laqere bridge checkpoint on Monday, May 17, 2021. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services will be lifting restrictions on specific lockdown areas as results of COVID-19 tests become available.
In an update statement issued this afternoon, the ministry said that the decisions about containment areas would also await results from the backlog of tests.
The ministry has a backlog of approximately 11,000 swab samples due to the temporary shutdown of the Fiji Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
A total of 7000 backlogged swabs were flown out to Australia today, with another 4000 expected to be sent on Saturday.