Four new cases of COVID-19

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says four new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed.

These new cases all stem from the cluster in Nadali, Nausori, which is believed to have started with a close contact case of the first Makoi cluster.

Doctor Fong says the four individuals are all household contacts of case number 167 from Nadali confirmed on Saturday.

He says these patients were all entered into isolation on Saturday and registered positive test results.

The Ministry's contact tracing has expanded to investigate the travel histories and potential contacts of these four individuals.

Doctor Fong also says they are prepared for rising numbers of new cases over the next two days as a high volume of swab results from primary and secondary contacts of existing cases are processed with Fiji Centre for Disease Control coming back online.

There are currently 49 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

4 are border quarantine cases, 33 are local cases, and 12 are currently classified as cases of community transmission.

There have been 3 recoveries over the past 24 hours.

Fiji has now had 172 cases in total since the first case was detected on March 19th 2020, with 119 recoveries, and 4 deaths.

Doctor Fong says the Fiji Police Force has reported widespread compliance with the lockdown measures in Suva and Nausori.

He says they appreciate the public’s cooperation as they efficiently utilise the lockdown period to trace, test and, if necessary, isolate and treat COVID-positive patients.

It is vital that Fijians living in Suva and Nausori continue to remain at home for the duration of the lockdown period.

If you see gatherings or other violations of our health measures, please call 158 or 917 to report them.

If you are feeling any flu-like symptoms, such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, loss of appetite, loss of smell, and body ache, please call 158.