As the clean up continues following the aftermath of Cyclone Mick, the Health Ministry is advising people to follow health advice to ensure no one gets sick.

Media Liaison Officer Iliesa Tora said people should handle food in a clean environment, and ensure that frozen food should not be bought unless they are new stock, that were not being sold during the cyclone. He adds drinking water must be boiled to ensure no one gets sick.

Meanwhile the Consumer Council of Fiji is urging shop owners and the supermarkets to refrain from selling food items affected by Cyclone Mick, especially since power failure was experienced in the whole of Western and parts of the Central division.

Chief Executive Premila Kumar said consumers can be lured by attractive low prices offered by shops and supermarkets on thawed frozen products and other flood damaged food items such as rice, flour and biscuits, adding consumers should be aware that there is high possibility of products being contaminated.