Three police officers have been quarantined in Labasa after attending to a missing report in the Soasoa lockdown area.

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says the three officers had gone to attend to a report of a missing child.

Qiliho says the officers were quarantined as a precautionary measure after being advised to do so by the Ministry of Health.

He says they were quarantined straight after attending to the report.