Health Ministry identifying those who were in contact with Lautoka man who tested positive for COVID-19

Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete confirms that their team is in the process of identifying all those people who were in contact with the Lautoka man who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Fijivillage has received confirmation that the man’s family is now in isolation.

Doctor Waqainabete confirms that there are no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Fiji, but they are vastly expanding containment measures.

As earlier highlighted on Legend FM News, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has tweeted that “there is a single confirmed case of COVID19 in Lautoka that was imported from a patient who had recently travelled abroad. He was immediately isolated, where he remains under careful medical supervision”.

Panic buying in a number of areas has started in the country with people rushing to get groceries from supermarkets.

Many parents are even rushing to pick up their children from school. We are urging people to remain calm and take all necessary precautions while we await word from the government on what is happening.

The Education Ministry is not saying anything at the moment on schools. Stay listening to us as we will have further announcements.

This morning, the Fiji Bitter Marist 7s Tournament was postponed to a later date after organizers announced that there is a case of COVID-19 in Lautoka.

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