Fiji now has 14 cases of COVID-19, and a new Lautoka confined area is expected to be announced tomorrow after the lockdown for the Greater Lautoka Area is lifted at 5am tomorrow.
- Two new cases confirmed by the PM
- The total number of cases goes up to 14
- The new cases are the wife of gentlemen from Labasa and the second new case announced today is the sister of the first case.
- Risk of further transmission is low
- One case of interest in Lautoka
- Plan to lift the lockdown on Lautoka at 5am tomorrow
- They will announce the areas that will be on lockdown in Lautoka tomorrow based on the case of interest
Confirmed COVID-19 cases
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the 12th case of COVID-19 is the daughter-in-law of the 54-year-old Soasoa, Labasa man who returned from India on the 22nd of March.
An additional two cases of the virus in Fiji have been confirmed today.
The first new case is the wife of the man from Labasa.
She was taken into isolation two days before being diagnosed positive this morning.
The second new case is the sister of Fiji’s very first case, the flight attendant from Lautoka.
She is the mother of an existing case, the COVID-positive one-year old baby boy, and she chose to stay in isolation with her child to continue to breastfeed and care for him.
We've confirmed two more cases of #COVID19 in Fiji.
— Frank Bainimarama (@FijiPM) April 6, 2020
Both were close family contacts of (separate) existing cases, and both were safely in isolation when they were diagnosed. Their risk of local transmission is very low.
My full statement:https://t.co/Rlbu9503h3
Bainimarama says she has been in isolation since the 19th of March, when Fiji’s first case tested positive.
He says both cases are close contacts of previous patients, and both were already in isolation when their symptoms developed and they tested positive.
The Prime Minister says the risk of further transmission is very low.
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