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More than 500 employees of a garment factory to be tested during the 48hr curfew period

More than 500 employees of a garment factory to be tested during the 48hr curfew period

By Navitalai Naivalurua
01/05/2021
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong.

More than 500 employees of the garment factory will need to be reached by the Ministry of Health officials during the curfew period from 8 tonight to 4am Monday.

The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they know the details of the people that will need to be screened and swabbed and they have enough people to find these individuals.

He says a team of three people from the Ministry will be conducting this and they will be starting from the end of the lockdown area.

He adds they knew the lockdown will be useful as they know the specific places they need to go and find these individuals.

The Permanent Secretary says 877 employees in total are employed where the woman from Vunimono worked and 321 employees have been identified, screened, and swabbed.

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