Bula Vinaka. Thank you for tuning in to this briefing from the safety of your homes. I want to begin with an update on the two patients admitted into intensive care yesterday. Both are responding well to treatment. Our teams are attending dutifully to these patients and providing them with the best possible care. After…Read More

We have two new cases of COVID-19 to confirm today. These are both cases of local transmission. The first is the husband of case number 159 from the Vunimono cluster. He has been in isolation since 12th May 2021. The second case is a healthcare worker from the Colo-i-Suva isolation ward who registered a positive…Read More

We have confirmed four new cases of COVID-19. These new cases all stem from the cluster in Nadali, Nausori, which is believed to have started with a close contact case of the first Makoi cluster. The four individuals are all household contacts of case number 167 confirmed yesterday. These patients were all entered into isolation…Read More

The Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and will resume processing COVID-19 tests from tonight. All remaining staff have continued to test negative for COVID-19. None of the laboratory staff have tested positive to date, which further indicates that the virus was brought in from the community. After being given the choice…Read More

Bula Vinaka. Since yesterday, we have been investigating the potential for further exposure of COVID-19 in the Fiji CDC. Our medical and laboratory staff have not registered positive test results at this time; however, we are in the process of deep cleaning and decontaminating the centre in line with advice received from the reference laboratory…Read More