All the 16 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Fiji are in stable condition and none of them have needed to use a ventilator.
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says this is because their clinicians on the ground have a game plan on how to look after them to prevent them from using the ventilator.
Waqainabete says data suggests that if anyone with COVID-19 gets on a ventilator, on average, 50 percent of them don’t make it.
He says they have done very well to prevent Fijians from needing a ventilator.
Waqainabete says they have to make sure these patients are in a comfortable environment and feel at home.
He says this is done so these patients would not want to get out of the facilities.
All 6 COVID-19 tests done last night have come back negative.
Doctor Waqainabete confirmed this to Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama this morning.
The last confirmed positive case was announced on Good Friday.
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