The borders of the lockdown areas of Makoi in Nasinu, Naria in Rakiraki, and Dokonavatu, Nanukuloa and Naiserelagi in Savoi, Ra has been lifted.
Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong says these areas have each gone for more than 14 days (the incubation period for COVID-19) without new cases.
Dr. Fong says an additional 4,000 swabs have been sent to Australia today while 7,000 backlogged swabs were flown out on Thursday for processing.
He says they expect that the test results will arrive early next week.
Dr. Fong adds once they have this data, they will consider relaxing the borders of containment areas where they have a high degree of confidence that community transmission has been eliminated.
