The Ministry of Health recorded 18 new cases yesterday afternoon since their previous update on Saturday evening.

In a statement, the Health Ministry says these 10 cases were from two related families in Waila, four cases were from a household in Tacirua, and two cases from a household in Muanikoso.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they are early in the investigations into these new cases and currently, no link has been established with other cases.

Samabula 

Doctor Fong says of the remaining two cases, one is a contact of the Samabula cluster, and the second is an Extra Supermarket worker who tested positive on their final swab in quarantine.

Tacirua

In addition to an expanded Muanikoso screening zone, the Ministry of Health has established screening zones in Samabula, Waila, and Tacirua, where they are now conducting intensive screening and testing.

The Permanent Secretary for Health says these latest cases involve a number of people who visited well-known shops, grocery stores, and other commercial facilities in the area, which will make contact tracing and data they gain from the careFIJI app very important.

Fijians are again being urged to have the app installed and running on their phones, with Bluetooth turned on.

Fiji has had 230 cases in total, with 134 recoveries and four deaths, since our first case was reported on March 19 2020.

[Source: Fijian Government]