Fred Wesley
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Bula.
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.
Ashika Devi’s damaged house in Nabilo, Dreketi. Picture: ANISH CHAND
An advisory councillor form Nabilo in Dreketi, Vanua Levu, is urging people to help each other as the recovery process begins in Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa affected areas.
Ashika Devi said her family had taken refuge at the Fiji Rice mill property and were shocked to find their home destroyed the next day. “I never thought I would live in a shed,” she said.
“I thought I had a peaceful life, had a house and would enjoy my life with my family.
Ashika Devi inside her temporary shed at Nabilo, Dreketi where she now lives with her husband and daughter. Picture: ANISH CHAND