Wainitarawau, Cunningham mother receives much needed assistance
Containment borders lifted in Wainitarawau Wainitarawau, Cunningham mother receives much needed assistance
Containment borders lifted in Wainitarawau
Sainiana Vania s family home. [image: supplied]
A woman and her family who were self-isolating in the Wainitarawau, Cunningham containment area are thankful for the assistance she has received after she reached out to fijivillage.
Sainiana Vania says she has received assistance from the Ministry of Economy, Fiji Muslim League and the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre.
Vania says she, her husband, their 4 children and their aunt were asked not to leave their home and as a result were not able to get essential items in more than 14 days.
Fiji aims to vaccinate 600,000 of its population against Covid-19.
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Health Secretary Dr James Fong announced last night that the latest cases are all linked to case number 136, the man from Saru, Lautoka, who showed Covid-like symptoms when he visited the Natabua Health centre.
Fong said the man was one of seven people who had tested positive to the virus last Friday. One of the new cases is his wife, another is his daughter, and the third was a primary contact of his wife, he said. All three have been in isolation since Saturday. The contact tracers are locating and quarantining their close contacts.
More people coming forth to assist the Adi Maopa Secondary School athletics team
More people coming forth to assist the Adi Maopa Secondary School athletics team Sunday 02/05/2021
SODELPA MP Salote Radrodro took some time out after their prayer meeting yesterday morning to visit the students
More people, organizations and families have shown their support to the students of Adi Maopa Secondary School who have been stuck in Viti Levu after participating in the Maritime Zone last month.
Best Promotions Limited donated chickens, toilet paper, bread and noodles while Hot Bread Kitchen has been delivering bread to them since the lockdown of Wainitarawau Settlement in Cunningham.
Fiji has six more cases of Covid-19, two in the community and four in border quarantine.
The Health Ministry said there were 42 active Covid-19 cases in isolation, 18 in border quarantine and 24 community transmission cases.
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While making the announcement at a media conference this evening, the Health Secretary James Fong said four of the six new cases were soldiers returning from peacekeeping duties overseas.
Dr Fong said some of the soldiers had been fraternising among each other during their 14-day quarantine in the border quarantine facility , which he added is against the rules.
He said the other two cases were family members of the woman from the Wainitarawau Settlement in Cunningham who contracted the virus after attending a funeral in Lautoka last week.