I feel for people in the lockdown area who are already struggling – Lautoka resident

Lautoka residents are starting from zero again today with a lockdown now in effect in the greater Nadi and Lautoka areas.

For many residents, it feels like a repeat of last year’s lockdown in March which lasted for more than two weeks.

Lautoka resident Narayan Reddy says although the curfew and lockdown was in effect at 4 o’clock this morning, many people were still on the road after 6am because they did not know about it.

Reddy says he went to buy bread this morning and also picked up some people on the way because he wanted to deliver groceries to a family.

He adds people heard about the lockdown in the news much later.

Reddy says he knows that there are some families who were coming back from Suva and others that are stuck in Lautoka and want to go out.

He told us that he got a call from a friend who was checking out of a hotel at 11am and does not know what to do now because he does not have enough money to continue to stay at the hotel.

Reddy says he feels for people in the lockdown area who are already struggling.

Reddy says people need to follow what the Ministry of Health is telling them because if everyone does their part there will be no need for a lockdown.