Fiji Centre For Disease Control Fully Decontaminated, Remaining Staff Test Negative The Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and will resume processing COVID-19 tests from tonight. by ministry of health and medical services
15 May 2021 19:16
2021-05-14
The Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and will resume processing COVID-19 tests from tonight.
All remaining staff have continued to test negative for COVID-19.
None of the laboratory staff have tested positive to date, which further indicates that the virus was brought in from the community.
After being given the choice to either enter a quarantine facility or continue work at the CDC, the vast majority of staff have chosen to remain in the CDC and continue running tests.
Fred Wesley
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Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr. James Fong. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
The permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong has announced another two new cases of COVID-19.
Dr Fong said she was taken to intensive care after her condition began deteriorating rapidly.
The fatality brings the COVID-19 death toll in Fiji to four.
Meanwhile, Dr Fong announced four more new cases: Another woman from Makoi and three who are administration staff at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control.
Earlier Fiji s FBC news reported that three cases reported yesterday are co-workers of a staff member of Extra Supermarket, who had tested positive yesterday.
The supermarket has been closed for decontamination purposes while the ministry awaits the test results from the remaining staff and management.
Dr Fong, said Extra Supermarket operates with a well-enforced policy of mask-wearing, and mandated that all staff and customers have the careFIJI app installed with bluetooth turned on, and this has allowed teams to identify hundreds of contacts very quickly.
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