Three new border quarantine cases of COVID-19 announced

Three new border quarantine cases of COVID-19 have been announced by the Ministry of Health.

The first 2 cases are Fijian citizens who are both in their 40s and worked in a mining company in Mali. They started their journey home from Mali from the 16th of November, to board the repatriation flight from New Zealand on the 19th of November. They both displayed minor symptoms on arrival which has now been resolved.

The 3rd case is a 51-year-old male non-Fiji citizen who arrived in Nadi on the 19th of November, on the same New Zealand flight. His port of origin was Germany. He has a work permit in Fiji and was returning with family to complete his contract. He is asymptomatic now and isolated from his family.

The Health Ministry says as with all prior border quarantine cases, these latest cases have been under strict border quarantine conditions since arrival into Nadi, at which time they began compulsory 14-day quarantine at a government-designated quarantine facility under supervision from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the Health Ministry.

Fiji now has 38 COVID-19 cases overall, and Fiji now has three active COVID cases.

The patients are in stable condition and have been transferred to the isolation ward at the Lautoka hospital as per standard protocol for confirmed cases.

The frontline border and quarantine staff who were directly involved with these patients will all be monitored and tested as per COVID-19 protocols.