Bula Vinaka. Last night, one of our COVID-positive patients, a woman from the recent Makoi cluster, was entered into intensive care after her condition began rapidly deteriorating. I’m sad to report that, despite the best efforts of her attending physicians, she has passed away. We informed this woman’s family of her passing and offered them…Read More

Bula Vinaka. After running 1910 more tests over the past 24 hours, we have another nine cases of COVID-19 to confirm today. One of the cases announced yesterday worked at Extra Supermarket in Flagstaff Suva. Three of today’s cases are his co-workers. Extra Supermarket has been closed for decontamination purposes while we await test results…Read More

After another 2217 tests yesterday, another daily record of testing, we have confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 since our last briefing. All of these cases are from Makoi and are close contacts of case 140, the woman who presented to the Makoi Health Centre yesterday with COVID symptoms. Four of our positive patients are…Read More

Bula Vinaka. After another 1380 tests, we have one new case to announce today. The new case is a woman from Kalokalo Crescent, Makoi who presented to the Makoi health centre today with COVID symptoms. At this very early stage in the investigation, no link has been established between this case and others. We’ll be…Read More

Bula Vinaka. We have three new cases of COVID-19 to report. This follows another 1616 tests since yesterday. These new cases are all linked to case number 136, the gentleman from Saru, Lautoka who presented with COVID-like symptoms to the Natabua Health centre and tested positive on Friday. One of the new cases is his…Read More