Two new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nadi.
There have been no cases in the Nadi area for 17 days and 20 days in Lautoka.
In an address to the nation this evening, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the good news is that they have excellent knowledge of the movements of these two persons and they will be able to establish a small locked down area in Korociri 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.
Nadi and Lautoka are now in one large containment zone.
Following the announcement by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Lomolomo border separating Nadi and Lautoka was removed at 4 o'clock this morning.
Bainimarama says this creates one large Nadi-Lautoka containment zone in which people will be able to travel freely to go to work or resume business.
He says businesses will be able to open as long as they adopt the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport guidelines.
High-risk businesses such as gyms, bars and grog shops will remain closed until further notice.
Bainimarama adds from next Saturday the borders at the Momi junction on the Sigatoka end of Nadi and at Nacilau, on the Ba end of Lautoka will also be removed.
He says the curfew hours for the Nadi-Lautoka containment zone will be from 8pm to 4am beginning today.
The Prime Minister says in the next 7 days, the Ministry of Health will carry out large screening and swabbing exercises within the one Nadi-Lautoka containment zone.
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