Screening programmes to be ramped up tomorrow – Dr Fong
Screening programmes to be ramped up tomorrow – Dr Fong
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong has highlighted they chose Sunday to restrict the movement of people because they will be ramping up their screening programmes.
He says they understand that most places will not be open tomorrow and most people will be spending this day with their families.
Doctor Fong says if they can confine the whole of Viti Levu, it will be easier for them to ramp up their screening programmes in targeted places.
Dr Fong thanks businesses assisting the Ministry in the fight against COVID
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23 April, 2021, 4:00 pm
Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong speaking at the press conference today, April 20, 2021. Picture: RAMA
TWO children from Wainitarawau Settlement, Cunningham, Suva a seven-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl have tested positive for COVID-19.
This was announced by Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong during a media conference yesterday.
“In total, there are now 19 active cases of COVID-19 in Fiji –– that is the highest number of active cases that Fiji has ever registered,” he said.
“Fourteen of these cases are at the border and five are what we call locally-transmitted cases, that means we know how they got the virus, community is when the virus is present and we don’t know how they got the virus.”
23 April, 2021, 5:00 pm
Police offi cers man a checkpoint at Nasomo in Tavua after the area was declared a
screening zone yesterday. Picture: FIJI POLICE FORCE/SUPPLIED
NASOMO residents in Tavua have been placed under movement restrictions, says Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong.
“Nasomo in Tavua has also been identified as a screening zone based on the movements of the case from Wainitarawau, Cunningham after the funeral,” he said at a news conference in Suva yesterday.
“The same rules established for the Wainitarawau Settlement apply here: No one is allowed to leave.
“Those who reside in the community may return, but they must stay there for at least 14 days.”