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Nadi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Dr Ram Raju .Picture: REINAL CHAND/FILE
Businesses in the Western Division have once again reiterated the need for a nationwide lockdown to focus on mass vaccination of the target population to achieve herd immunity quickly.
Nadi Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Dr Ram Raju said Fiji’s healthcare system would not be able to cope with providing any meaningful medical care.
“The health system is already overwhelmed,” he said.
“Mortuaries are full. There’s no end in sight.
“The healthcare workers, the frontliners are getting tired and, to some extent scared.
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Ending Fiji’s Nightmare
Source: Republic of Fiji Military Forces/Twitter
By Vijay Naidu Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:23 AM
The extremely contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is currently running amok in Fiji’s capital, Suva.
Virtually all suburbs are affected in the Suva-Nausori-Lami area with some obviously more seriously than others, and there is a trend of the disease spreading to other parts of Viti Levu. It may have reached Vanua Levu.
In this article, I will first identify those responsible for this debacle, then categorise the victims of the pandemic followed by suggestions for getting out of the disaster we are now in.
Professor Vijay Naidu
Nadakuni villagers wait inside the tent at the Sawani containment boarder. Picture: VILIAME RAVAI
Although the extremely contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 came via the border at Nadi International Airport carried by one of two travellers who came from India where this strain of the virus was at its devastating peak, it is running amok in the Capital City, Suva.
Virtually all suburbs are affected in the Suva-Nausori-Lami area with some obviously more seriously than others, and there is a trend of the disease spreading to other parts of Viti Levu. It may have reached Vanua Levu.