Health Minister Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed that there are no confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in Fiji.
He says all 27 tests that have been conducted for COVID-19 have returned negative.
Dr. Waqainabete says they will continue to do more tests.
The Health Ministry says this is regarding reports of a Rwandan national being confirmed as a case of COVID-19 in Rwanda after arriving in Rwanda on March 8th from Fiji via the USA and Qatar.
The Health Ministry says they have confirmed with the World Health Organisation that this person is the close contact of another confirmed case in Rwanda and he contracted COVID-19 from this other case after he had arrived in Rwanda and did not get COVID-19 in Fiji.
They say there is no threat to Fiji from this case.
The Health Ministry is strongly urging the public to not share rumours and misinformation adding just as they did during the measles outbreak the Ministry will inform the public as soon as possible once they have a confirmed case of COVID-19.
