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Fiji in lockdown after first community-based transmission of COVID-19 in twelve months
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Fiji’s two largest cities are in lockdown after the first reported case of COVID-19 community transmission in 12 months. Health authorities have linked the case to a 53-year-old woman from Nadi who was in contact with a soldier in the country’s hotel quarantine system. Five more cases have since been detected.
Residents of Nadi and Lautoka went into lockdown early on Monday morning, and Fijians across the country have been advised to stay at home.
This potential second outbreak of COVID-19 comes at a challenging time for Fiji, as the country continues to rebuild and recover from the devastating tropical cyclones, Yasa and Ana. Many Fijians are also facing financial challenges, due to the travel restrictions imposed as a result of the pandemic. Tourism typically contributes to at least 40 per cent of Fiji’s GDP and locals are struggling to make up the lost income.
Wanshika Kumar
11 March, 2021, 12:15 am
Members of the Caritas Fiji celebrate International Women’s Day at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva on Monday. Picture: SOPHIE RALULU
The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and humanitarian crisis, says CWM Hospital’s ophthalmologist unit head Luisa Cikamatana.
She made this comment at the Caritas Fiji’s International Women’s Day celebration in Suva on Monday.
She said gaining knowledge was one of the easiest things women could do during the pandemic.
“Women as leaders in this pandemic play the role of caring for themselves, their families, community and the nation as a whole,” she said.
Wanshika Kumar
11 March, 2021, 12:30 am
Danielle Mose from Rotuma, relating her struggles at the International Women’s Day celebrations at the
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva. Picture: SUPPLIED
The financial crisis brought about by COVID-19 challenged many Fijian families and sometimes resulted in relationships being torn apart.
Danielle Mose tried her best to not let that happen to her siblings who lived in Suva, hundreds of kilometres away from their family on Rotuma.
The 26-year-old gathered her five siblings and tried to find a job to meet their daily needs. “I came from Rotuma to do a Bachelor of Education at the Fiji National University while staying at a relative’s house in Lautoka,” she said.