This brings the total number of cases to
61,536.
19 of the cases announced on May 15 are in the community. There are no new cases in the dormitories.
The remaining 12 cases are imported.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased from
43 cases in the week before to
103 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from
six cases in the week before to
16 cases in the past week.
19 cases in the community
There are 19 cases in the community, of whom 17 are linked to previous cases and two are currently unlinked.
This brings the total number of cases to 61,145.
Nine community cases
Amongst the new cases, nine are in the community and out of the nine, eight are linked to previous cases.
Cases 62621
She is a homemaker, and is the spouse of Case 62063.
Case 62622, a four-year-old girl, is their child.
As they had been identified as close contacts of 61993, they were placed on quarantine on April 15.
They were tested for Covid-19 infection during quarantine on April 16, and both their tests were negative.
They developed acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms on April 28, and were tested again after reporting their symptoms.
This time, their test results came back positive for Covid-19 infection on April 29 and they were conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Abishek Chand
Shipping Services staff members at their head office in Lami yesterday.
Picture: SOPHIE RALULU
SHIPPING Services Pte Ltd has rebranded its logo and restructured their company operations by introducing new services alongside existing ones which they were set to provide to their customers.
These in-house services include packing, shipping, storing, chilling, clear or move house, trucking, lifting on and off, weigh and even flying cargo in pieces, pallets or containers according to the managing director Bernard Hong Tiy.
“This week is the 29th birthday of Shipping Services but I guess more importantly we are rebranding, our logo has changed but we are also launching a new organisation in terms of what Shipping Services used to do before,” he said.
Fred Wesley
Image: THE FIJI TIMES
Bula!
It’s the end of another week, and as we look ahead to the weekend, here’s a sneak peek at the headlines for Saturday, March 6.
NEWS
Civil liberties
Refrain from anti-union practices and instruct police and the armed forces to respect basic civil liberties and labour rights, the Fijian Government has been told by the International Labour Organization’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
The second report is on an interview with unionist Felix Anthony.
Unionist Felix Anthony. Picture: SOPHIE RALULU
Interference
Government says one thing in the international area when signing conventions and acts differently at home, says National Workers Union general secretary Felix Anthony. While commenting on the International Labour Organization’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations for Fiji to refrain from interfering with the internal affairs of the union, M