More than 500 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Kadavu after 31 new cases were identified in the last 24 hours.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong confirms that twelve villagers are admitted at the Vunisea Hospital where 7 have tested positive for COVID-19 and are in stable condition while 5 are negative.
He says the mobile outreach teams continue with their visits to villages and settlements carrying out a follow-up of primary contacts, monitoring of positive patients and clearance, roll out of COVID-19 vaccination, MCH clinic, immunization of babies, GOPD consultation, and SOPD clinic with medicine replenishment.
Dr Fong says medical education sessions were conducted for the Vunisea health team while a clinical outreach team conducted clinics at Ravitaki nursing station.
Movement restrictions remain in force for Kadavu and are supervised by the Police team and the Vanua.
No new cases have been reported for Malolo Island in the last 24 hours. 44 individuals have recovered and 19 remain active cases.
Dr Fong says daily assessment continues for the active cases and their contacts.
The six high-risk cases are stable and remain in home isolation.
The Permanent Secretary for health says a team visited Mana Island and conducted screening and awareness sessions.
Movement restrictions remain in force for all villages on Malolo Island.
Dr Fong also confirms that five new cases have been identified on Naviti Island in Yasawa in the last 24 hours.
80 individuals have recovered while 63 cases remain active and under surveillance by the health team.
Movement restrictions are in place for all villages.
He says no new cases were recorded from Waya Island in the last 24 hours.
The 25 individuals remain as active cases and under home isolation in their villages with a daily assessment conducted by the Yalobi nursing station health team.
The island is still under strict movement restrictions.
Meanwhile, two new cases were diagnosed in Nacula village on Nacula Island in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of cases on the island to 29.
The positive cases are under isolation in their respective villages and monitored daily by the health team from Nacula health centre.
Dr Fong says the other 4 villages and one settlement on the island have not recorded any positive cases to date and strict movement restriction remains in place for the whole island.
44 new cases were recorded on Beqa Island bringing the total number of cases to 162.
168 swab tests were done in the last 24 hours, and education and awareness on COVID safe measures and vaccination continue for the villagers on the island.
Movement restriction remains in force for the whole island.
