Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho confirms that their investigators will be seeking further legal advice before the 54-year-old man from Soasoa in Labasa will be produced in the Labasa Magistrates Court.
The accused returned from a religious gathering in India and allegedly spread COVID-19 to a few people in the country.
He has been charged with one count of failure to comply with orders.
Qiliho says the accused remains in custody.
The Ministry of Health had earlier confirmed they were able to trace a total of 834 people who had come into contact with the man who is the 9th case of COVID-19.
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