The Head of Health Protection Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan has today asked all leaders and anyone who has influence over people to do everything they can to encourage the general public to get vaccinated and also abide by the health protocols.
Dr. Sahukhan says with increasing cases, they expect increasing severe disease and deaths.
She says while their hospitals are not overwhelmed with severe cases, this is a real possibility and they are preparing for this.
Dr. Sahukhan also has a message for those that have been fully vaccinated.
Dr. Sahukhan says there have been now 13 deaths due to COVID-19 with 11 during the outbreak which started in April this year. One death is under investigation.
17 people have recovered in the last 24 hours which means there are 2,173 active cases of COVID-19 in isolation.
Fiji has now recorded 2,848 cases of COVID-19 since March, 2020 and we have had 653 recoveries.
Dr. Sahukhan adds since the outbreak started in April this year, they have tested 138,443 people for COVID-19.
She says they tested 2,913 people on Tuesday and there is now a high level of testing.
Our national 7-day average daily test positivity continues to increase and is now at 5.7%.
