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884 people who have recently arrived from overseas undergoing mandatory 14 day quarantine

884 people who have recently arrived from overseas undergoing mandatory 14 day quarantine

By Naveel Krishant
16/03/2021
[Image: RNZ]

There are currently 884 people who have recently arrived from overseas undergoing mandatory 14 day quarantine in Government supervised border quarantine facilities.

The Ministry of Health says it has been 8 days since the last border quarantine case was reported and there are currently 4 active border quarantine cases admitted at the Lautoka Hospital Isolation Unit.

A total of 33,838 COVID-19 laboratory tests have been conducted, with a daily average of 239 tests per day over the last 7 days, and a weekly average of 1615 tests per week over the last 2 weeks.

Fiji has had 66 cases in total, with 60 recoveries and 2 deaths, since our first case was reported on March 19, 2020. The last 48 cases have been international travel-associated cases detected in border quarantine.

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