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Bula vinaka everyone.

Here is another edition of some basic information you may need to know for today.

First, here is your weather forecast for today:

Weather

  • Mainly fine over most places
  • Cool at night
  • Moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds, gradually easing from later today
  • Rough seas, moderating from tomorrow
  • Outlook for Monday: Mainly fine over most places; cool at night

COVID-19 daily press briefing

  • The Permanent Secretary of Health and Medical Services is now issuing an updated statement three days in a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This can be accessed via the Fijian Government FB page.

COVID-19 vaccination

  • Monitor radio announcements and check the Government’s Facebook page to get the updated schedule of the mobile vaccination teams in your communities.

General information

EFL Planned Power Shutdown

  • Lautoka City – 5am-7pm
  • Whole of Naikabula Rd, Lautoka – 5am-6pm
  • Kasanji St, Vatuwaqa – 8am-5pm

Entertainment

Here are some movies and TV series suggestions on Netflix that you can binge on at home this weekend.

Movies

  • Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
  • Confessions of an Invisible Girl
  • For Life
  • Don’t let go
  • The forgotten battle

Series

  • My Name
  • You
  • Another life
  • Alice in Borderland
  • Locke and Key

COVID-19

Health Ministry advice:

  • People with severe COVID-19 are still dying at home, or are coming to a medical facility in the late stages of severe illness.
  • Severe COVID-19 is a medical emergency, and a delay in receiving appropriate medical treatment reduces your chance of recovering from the disease. You are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 if you are over the age of 50 or have a non-communicable disease or chronic disease like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, or if you are obese or pregnant.
  • If you are at high risk of severe disease and have any symptoms of COVID-19 such as a cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body ache, headache, loss of taste/smell – please come to your nearest screening clinic to be checked and tested by our medical teams.
  • The severe symptoms of COVID-19, include the following: – Difficulty breathing; – Persistent pain or pressure in the chest; – Severe headache for a few days; – New confusion, inability to wake or stay awake; – Pale, gray, or blue-coloured skin, lips or nail beds.

Source: MOHMS

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