Four settlements in the Nadi Containment Area are now screening and isolation zones.
They are Korociri Settlement, Nawajikuma Settlement, Nawaka Tramline Settlement and Qina Road Settlement.
The Health Ministry says this exercise is an opportunity to check for COVID-like symptoms and travel/movement histories that may have put fellow residents in the path of Fijians living with COVID.
It says this is a necessary step and one of the ways to stop this infection from spreading.
Mobile Screening Teams will be visiting these areas to conduct COVID-19 screening and swabbing over the next few days, beginning today.
The Health Ministry says in the interest of public and personal safety, residents of these areas are requested to stay home and avoid any close contact with people from other households.
If you experience COVID-like symptoms (sore throat, fever, loss of taste/smell, shortness of breath, aches and pains, fatigue/tiredness) please contact 158 immediately.
A medical team will then reach out to you at your home.
The Ministry of Health requests understanding and cooperation from the public for this exercise and assures all residents tested and swabbed, that information obtained will be kept confidential.
