People in a containment zone in Lami, Suva, Nausori, Nadi and Lautoka must not leave their zone unless authorised by the PS Health

Please take note that any person in a containment zone in Lami, Suva, Nausori, Nadi and Lautoka must not leave the containment zone they are in, with effect from 4am yesterday, unless authorised by the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Doctor James Fong.

This is clearly stated in the government gazette signed off by Doctor Fong.

Any person outside a containment zone must not enter another containment zone, with effect from 4am yesterday, unless authorised by the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services; and any person in a containment zone may only travel within the containment zone for the purposes of employment, accessing a service provided by an essential business, or an emergency.

According to Doctor Fong’s announcement on Sunday, that list includes air and rescue services, air traffic control services, ports services, civil aviation, telecommunications, food, and sanitary manufacturing plants, electricity services, emergency services, fire services, health, and hospital services, lighthouse services, meteorological services, mine pumping, ventilation and winding, sanitary services, supply and distribution of fuel and gas, power, garbage collection, transport services, water and sewage services, FNPF and FRCS, civil service, private security services and roading services.

Fijivillage stresses that you cannot just get a pass to cross the containment zone as it would defeat the purpose to have a containment zone to contain the virus if people are allowed to travel between one zone to the next.

According to the gazette, the Lami Containment Zone is from Wainadoi Police Post to Tamavua-i-Wai Bridge.

The Suva Containment Zone is from Tamavua-i-Wai Bridge to Wainibuku Bridge near Rups Nakasi.

The Nausori Containment Zone is from Wainibuku Bridge nears Rups Nakasi to Logani Village in Tailevu on Kings Highway.

The Lautoka Containment Zone is from Lomolomo Police Post to Nacilau.

The Nadi Containment Zone is from the junction of Queens Road from Momi Bay to Lomolomo.

Doctor James Fong stresses that people should not move from one zone to the next unless the ministry gives the approval after a risk assessment.

We have asked the Police what they are doing to ensure vehicles are not moving from one zone to the next as we saw many vehicles coming past Tamavua-i-Wai into Suva and going past the border to Lami earlier today.

Stay with us for developments.