Minister for Health Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has assured the people of Fiji that all the health officials, hotel staff and members of the RFMF who look after people that are quarantined in the health facilities are monitored.
When questioned by Fijivillage as to how the hotel workers who work in quarantine facilities and go in and out of the property are monitored, Dr. Waqainabete says there are stringent COVID-19 measures in place on how they protect the hotel staff and how they are working within the confines of what they believe is good infection control to prevent them from being infected.
The Health Minister says this has been happening from the start as hotels were used as quarantine facilities.
Dr. Waqainabete adds in the quarantine facilities they always work with the premise that everyone that returns has COVID-19 and based on that, they ensure that measures are in place to protect the workers.
He says they have lifted some restrictions so that people can return to some form of normalcy as it is important to have economic activity, people can go to work, children can return to school and to ensure that businesses can open.
The Health Minister further says the new normal is asking to have behavioral change and this is important to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.
He says that we have to be assured that the mechanisms placed by the government at the borders has worked so far.
Meamnwhile the test results of the 105 passengers from India will be known today.
