Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they have detected two cases of unknown origin in Lautoka.
Doctor Fong says they have not linked these cases which are a mother and her daughter, to any known clusters.
He says both patients have been securely moved into an isolation facility in Nadi.
Doctor Fong says thanks to the contact tracing investigations through the careFIJI app, which both patients used regularly, they have identified 47 contacts.
He says no areas in Lautoka have been entered under containment protocol as of now.
Meanwhile Doctor Fong says you may have seen the new digital map they developed that shows the locations of active COVID-19 cases in Fiji.
He says they will update it daily as a general guide of serious hotspots of transmission.
Doctor Fong says this tool is useful, but don’t let it lull you into complacency just because your community does not lie within a hotspot.
He stresses every area in Fiji faces some level of risk due to how fast this virus, and this variant in particular, can spread.
