Five prison officers are among the 241 new cases of COVID-19 infections recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 8am today.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong says the officers are from Suva and are currently at the Fiji Sugar Corporation Compound in Rakiraki.
“They were undergoing 14 days quarantine at the FSC compound as part of the essential movement from the red zone to the green zone when they tested positive,” Dr Fong said.
He said the remaining cases are from the Lami-Suva-Nausori containment zone.
He adds there are 106 cases from existing areas of interest and 17 from the following new areas of interest:
- Fiji Times
- Food City Suva
- Matanisivoro Settlement
- National Kidney Centre-Nadera
- Suva City Council
- Tamavua-i-Wai.
“The remaining cases are contacts of known cases, cases that were seen in screening clinics and were swabbed, and cases under investigation to determine possible sources of transmission,” Dr Fong said.
He has advised that a full breakdown of areas of interest has been published online on the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard and on the Fijian Government Facebook page.
The approximate locations of the new cases can be viewed on the ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard at the following link: http://bit.ly/3vE2ZBb.
