COVID-19: New Zealand sends second PPE consignment to Fiji

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Arrival of the first shipment of medical PPE from Auckland last month. Picture: NZ High Commission, Fiji

The New Zealand government is sending a second consignment of PPE to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in order to help strengthen Fiji’s COVID-19 containment efforts.

In a statement on their social media page, the New Zealand High Commission stated that NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta had made this announcement with an additional emergency funding of FJ$291,000 that would be made available to the High Commission to support the provision of food relief packages on Viti Levu.

“This builds on from our earlier support for Fiji’s response, including an initial shipment of medical PPE from Auckland, a RT-PCR COVID testing machine with consumables, supplies for airvos, and supplies to Fiji NDMO and Divisional Commissioners to support coordination of operations on the ground,” the NZ government stated.

The NZ High Commission stated that an initial emergency funding allocation of FJ$500,000 was used to partner with seven civil society organisations to support food relief, hygiene kits and counselling services in various containment zones on Viti Levu.

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