Mop up exercise to target communities with low vaccination coverage – Dr Fong

The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are currently doing a mop-up exercise of the first dose campaign to target specific communities with low vaccination coverage.

Doctor Fong says this will also correct and update the total eligible population for the current vaccination program.

As of 16th August – 536,123 adults in Fiji have received the first dose of a vaccine and 216,012 have been fully vaccinated.

This means that 91.4% of the target population have received the first dose while 36.8% are now fully vaccinated.

Doctor Fong says there are currently 320 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital.

115 patients are admitted to the Lautoka Hospital, 43 patients are admitted at the FE-MAT Field Hospital, and 162 were admitted at CWM Hospital, St Giles and Makoi.

39 patients are considered to be in severe condition and 13 are in critical condition.

A total of 309,940 samples have been tested since this outbreak started in April 2021, with 352,801 tested since testing began in March 2020.

The 7-day daily test average is 1507 tests per day or 1.7 tests per 1,000 population.

The national 7-day average daily test positivity is 32.8%.