Concerns raised that other routes are being used to cross containment areas
Concerns raised that other routes are being used to cross containment areas
Police checkpoint
Serious concerns have been raised that people are using other routes to cross from one containment area to another, however Police had earlier stated that they are now monitoring the cross-cuts at the containment zone borders.
We received calls from people residing in the Nausori Containment Area that villagers from Naitasiri and those living beyond the Logani Village border are using Baulevu Road and Kasavu to cross over.
Also, people living in Narere have told us that some people are crossing over from the Suva Containment Area to the Nausori Containment Area by using the cross-cut at Navosai.
2021-05-03 08:36:37 GMT2021-05-03 16:36:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SUVA, May 3 (Xinhua) Two Fijian doctors tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the first that doctors who have been involved in the island nation s frontline work have contracted the disease.
According to Fiji s Health Ministry, the two are a 25-year-old female doctor and a 30-year-old male doctor who was tested as contact tracing of the first doctor. Both have been isolated and their close household contacts have been quarantined.
Fiji now has 51 active cases, including 16 imported cases, 31 locally transmitted cases and four still being under investigation to determine the source of transmission.
May 03, 2021 01:55:10 AM The 56-hour curfew ends at 4am and the Suva-Nausori lockdown zone will revert into two separate containment areas, the Suva Containment Area and the Nausori Containment Area. Authorities have decided to lift the lockdown from the Suva-Nausori corridor after contacting majority of the persons of interest that interacted with one of the latest COVID-19 patients who worked at a garment factory in Valelevu, Nasinu. Curfew hours will be from 11pm until 4 am in the containment areas and supermarkets, banks, pharmacies and other essential businesses as identified by the Health Ministry will operate. Fijians are urged to stay home unless they have an essential reason to leave.
2021-05-02 14:06:18 GMT2021-05-02 22:06:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SUVA, May 2 (Xinhua) Fiji s health authorities warned Fijians on Sunday not to lower their guard against COVID-19 after no reports of new cases in the island nation over the past 24 hours.
According to Fiji s Health Ministry, there are no new cases of COVID-19 in Fiji on Sunday, but the danger is not over. It doesn t mean there are no cases out there; it means none have been detected over the past 24 hours. We are certain there are more cases that will develop or worryingly that an unconfirmed case of the virus has already developed into a highly-contagious disease. Our biggest fear right now is that someone, with symptoms, has not reported to a screening clinic or called 158. This virus arrives in waves. A lull can often signal a surge. So let s not let one day of no new cases fool anyone into thinking this storm is over, said James Fong, permanent secretary for the health ministry.