From today, you don't need a registration number or pass to travel from Vanua Levu to the Central Division

From today, Tuesday, the 19th of October all travel from Vanua Levu to the Central Division will not need a registration number nor a Ministry of Health pass.

Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the registration and Ministry of Health pass process will be maintained with regards to travel from Viti Levu to Vanua Levu to ensure that the travel is documented for contact tracing, a negative pre-departure test and vaccination status is verified.

He says they want the travel caseload to the North to be kept manageable.

Doctor Fong adds all these factors are important to both preventing and being able to contain transmission in the North.

He says the public is strongly advised to only do a pre-departure test only after your registration number is obtained.

Doctor Fong further says given the increasing vaccination rates, daily travelling quotas to the North are being increased and we will be transitioning to self-monitored home quarantine.

The current vaccination coverage rates for the North are 91.8% for dose one and 75.1% for dose 2.

Doctor Fong adds the team managing the travel to and from the North will continue to increase the number of travellers we can support to travel as the vaccination rates improve.