Update: COVID-19 press conference
53-year-old woman and her daughter positive of COVID-19
Update: COVID-19 press conference
53-year-old woman and her daughter positive of COVID-19
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong. [image: Fijian Government]
- Testing and contact tracing for the last 24 hours and will not hesitate to increase the response - Dr James Fong.
- The soldier who tested positive remains in border quarantine facility.
- The contact tracing remains limited to his 69 primary contacts.
- Only one of the 267 secondary contacts has tested positive.
- 2 confirmed COVID cases now.
- The 53-year-old woman and her daughter are positive of COVID 19.
- The mini bus driver is in quarantine.
- Another hired mini bus was used on Friday night.
- That mini bus driver is yet to be located.
- Then another mini bus and a grey taxi were used. The drivers are yet to be located.
- Contact tracing continues.
- The mother and daughter are COVID positive - the risk is high from the Tavakubu funeral to Nadi.
- 3 individuals are in home quarantine in Naicabecabe in Moturiki.
- Naicabecabe Village is now a contained area.
- More than 500 people attended the funeral in Tavakubu.
- Dr Fong says they are certain that there are more cases out there.
- House to house visits are underway in Nadi and Lautoka.
- He says they have the capacity to run 600 tests a day.
- From tomorrow, movement in the Nadi and Lautoka contained area, it should only for emergencies and employment.
- Wear masks, use hand sanitizers and practice social distancing - Dr Fong.
- The Health Ministry has been informed that some supermarkets are not enforcing the guidelines.
- Call made again to businesses to enforce the guideline of using the careFIJI app.
- Do your religious prayers at home with your family members please as the guidelines are important - Dr Fong.
- Dr Fong says he is concerned about misinformation by some like the Fiji Times having a headline saying that the vaccine does not work. He says their reckless words may have deadly consequences.
- Vaccines do protect you from getting the virus. This is proven by science. You need the 2 doses - Dr Fong.
- The likelihood of contracting the virus plummets after you take both doses of the vaccine - Dr Fong.
- He stresses that the vaccines will save lives.
- We need to recommit ourselves to COVID guidelines.
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