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Fred Wesley
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It’s another one of those cool nights here in the Capital City of Suva.
Tonight, the permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong announced 35 new cases of COVID-19.
He referred to it as a record-breaking surge over the past few days, with the majority of cases among known clusters in the Central Division.
He made an interesting statement tonight: “After an entire year without a local case of the virus, I know these double-digit daily case numbers are unsettling news for many of you –– they should be. This is a highly transmissible and deadly disease. But there are ways we can protect ourselves.