24-hour curfew in select areas, high-risk business closed for 2 weeks Riyaz Ul Khaliq | 19.04.2021
ANKARA
Fiji imposed a lockdown in two of its largest cities on Monday after the Pacific island nation recorded its first case of COVID-19 community transmission in months.
Health authorities said the case was a 53-year-old woman who was in close contact with a soldier who contracted coronavirus at a border quarantine facility. To aid rapid contact tracing and reduce the likelihood of further transmission, we are announcing a lockdown of the Greater Nadi and Lautoka Area, starting from 4 a.m. this morning, the Health and Medical Services Ministry said in a statement.
Soldier contracts COVID-19 from a Nadi quarantine facility
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24 hour curfew was needed as we absolutely need to halt the community transmission of COVID-19 – Kiran
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PM to have press conference at 3pm today on COVID-19 situation
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PM to have press conference at 3pm today on COVID-19 situation
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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama [Photo: Office of the Prime Minister]
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama will have a national announcement in relation to COVID-19 in Fiji at 3pm today.
Bainimarama is currently meeting with senior government officials regarding the COVID situation in the country and the measures to be taken.
We will have live coverage of the Prime Minister’s announcement on our website, fijivillage.
In a statement, the health ministry said it was looking for third generation contacts of the two latest cases. As of early this morning, one of those first-generation contacts, a 53-year-old woman, has registered a positive Covid-19 test result. This woman worked in a border quarantine facility but has since entered public spaces. She resides in Nadi, with a travel history in Nadi and Lautoka. All members of her household have already been entered into quarantine. We are awaiting the results of their Covid-19 tests. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has continued to run Covid-19 tests on the first- and second-generation contacts identified through its contact tracing effort stemming from the border quarantine case announced yesterday.