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Nadi businesses have agreed to the no jab no job policy because that is the way forward – Dr Raju Nadi businesses have agreed to the no jab no job policy because that is the way forward – Dr Raju
Nadi Chamber of Commerce President, Doctor Ram Raju. [image: 2019/File]
Nadi Chamber of Commerce President, Doctor Ram Raju says majority of the businesses in Nadi have agreed to the no jab no job policy because they believe that is the way forward.
Dr Raju says Nadi being the tourism hub of the country, they believe it is the place where it should all start and that is why the stand has been taken by majority of the businesses that all workers have to get the COVID vaccine to be eligible to work.
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Repeka Nasiko
5 July, 2021, 12:40 pm
Police officers at the Momi checkpoint in Nadi in April early this year. Picture: BALJEET SINGH/FT FILE
A majority of participants in a Nadi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) business assessment survey called for a total lockdown of up to three weeks.
According to the survey report of businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis, current containment efforts were not effective.
“The COVID outbreak is not being contained effectively by containment efforts and a good number of respondents have called for total lockdown of up to three weeks,” the survey report read.
“Vaccination programs need to be fast-tracked and accelerated.
Authorities blame kava-drinking for acceleration of COVID-19 outbreak in Fiji
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the Pacific nation, health authorities fear infected people are taking part in cultural kava-drinking sessions and accelerating the spread of the virus. 3 June 2021
Health officials in Fiji are concerned that kava-drinking is contributing to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Pacific country.
Fiji recorded more than 100 cases this week in a rapidly growing second wave that began in April and is linked to the more infectious Delta strain, a variant first detected in India.
The main hospital in the tourism town of Nadi has been shut down and two wings in the country s major hospital in the capital, Suva, have also been closed after cases were detected there.Â