Ministry of Health Head of Health Protections Dr Aalisha Sahukhan

Ministry of Health Head of Health Protections Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says the first confirmed COVID-19 case is a 27-year-old male Fiji Airways flight attendant from Lautoka who travelled from the United States earlier this week.

Dr Sahukhan that the patient is believed to have contracted COVID-19 in the US and the teams from the Ministry of Health is working on contacting passengers and crew of flight FJ 871 from San Francisco to Nadi and on flight FJ 410 Auckland to Nadi

Ministry of Health teams is also working hard to find all his close contacts.

She says teams are also working to trace the patients’ movements in Lautoka from Monday, and his family has been quarantined.

Dr Sahukhan also highlighted says the patient was tested on Tuesday night and he remains isolated and is in stable condition.

She says last night a sample from the patients was run at Fiji’s Centre for Disease Control and results returned this morning confirmed the person tested positive for COVID-19.