18 new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday and we are now awaiting the new cases from 6pm last night to 6pm this evening.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong will have a press conference at 5:30 this evening.
We are also awaiting the breakdown of the 18 new cases yesterday.
2 of the new cases yesterday are from Nadi.
There have been no cases in the Nadi area for 17 days and 20 days in Lautoka.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the good news is that they have excellent knowledge of the movements of these two persons in Nadi and they will be able to establish a small locked down area in Koroviri Settlement near Nawaka village where these cases are residents and stop the virus there.
He adds for now the establishment of specific locked areas and teams made up of Ministry of Health and Medical Services, RFMF and Fiji Police sweeping across suburbs and localities in high risk zones screening and swabbing will be a major part of the targeted surgical approach.
