Nadi, Lautoka on lockdown as Fiji traces COVID19 in the community
A woman who also worked at the same quarantine facility as a soldier who tested positive over the weekend has now also been infected with COVID19 throwing Fijian health authorities into a race to trace all their contacts. #FijiNews #FijiCOVID18 #COVID19 #Fiji
Suva (April 19) – A woman who also worked at the same quarantine facility as a soldier who tested positive over the weekend has now also been infected with COVID19 throwing Fijian health authorities into a race to trace all her contacts.
Government has since 4am today, locked down Nadi and Lautoka as a precautionary measure, a government statement said at 4am on its social media pages. Restrictions are exactly the same as at this time last year at the start of the pandemic.
“As of early this morning, one of those first-generation contacts, a 53-year-old woman, has registered a positive COVID-19 test result. This woman worked in a border quarantine facility but has since entered public spaces. She resides in Nadi, with a travel history in Nadi and Lautoka,” the statement said.
“All members of her household have already been entered into quarantine. We are awaiting the results of their COVID-19 tests. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has continued to run COVID-19 tests on the first- and second-generation contacts identified through its contact tracing effort stemming from the border quarantine case announced yesterday.”
On the weekend, there were two major sporting events in the two western cities, a national athletics meet in Lautoka and a rugby match in Nadi, places the latest confirmed case had travelled to.
“This woman worked in a border quarantine facility, but has since entered public spaces. She resides in Nadi, with a travel history in Nadi and Lautoka. All members of her household have already been entered into quarantine. We are awaiting the results of their COVID-19 tests.”
Residents of the two cities will be allowed to get back in to their homes over the next 24 hours but no one is allowed out.
“We are defining the Greater Nadi and Lautoka Area as the area spanning from Momi Junction and the Mulomulo Post bearing towards Sigatoka, to Nacilau, Vakabuli, and the Waiwai crossing bearing towards Ba.”
It is not clear how long this quarantine is for.
Hear more on ABC Radio Australia this morning as Talia Aualiitia and I catch up on Pacific Beat. #FijiNews
