Fiji has recorded another 13 new COVID-19 infections and all are primary contacts of previously announced cases.
12 of the new cases are from Fiji Navy staff who are primary contacts of the Navy officer who tested positive on Tuesday, with investigations ongoing and no links have yet been established with other clusters.
The 13th new case is another member of the Kinoya household announced last night, which takes to 11 the total positive cases in this one household.
There are 121 active cases in isolation and Fiji has now recorded 272 cases since our first case was detected in March of last year, with 147 recoveries.
[The Fiji Navy has been assisting in the COVID-19 operations]
Health Permanent Secretary, Doctor James Fong, says while cases continue to arise in the Central Division it has now been 14 days since a case was reported from the West.
He says Lautoka Hospital has completed 21 days of sequestration and it has also been the same number of days since the last case was recorded from within the hospital, with four rounds of testing completed for all patients and staff.
Doctor Fong says from today the patients who were sequestered in the hospital will be discharged home, as will the staff.
The ministry says only emergency services will be operational at the hospital from tomorrow, and the plan is to open the hospital to the public by June 1st.
FEMAT will also wrap up operations in Lautoka once the hospital is open next week.
[Source: Fiji Police]
Doctor Fong says the vaccination campaign restarted on Monday, with mobile teams targeting communities in the Suva-Nausori containment zone.
Since Monday, 9069 doses of the vaccine have been administered, which includes 7121 first doses in Suva-Nausori, and 1948 second doses for frontliners across Fiji.
Two doses, spaced 10-12 weeks apart, are necessary to get the full protective effect of the vaccine.
As of 25th of May 107,014 people in Fiji have received the first dose of the vaccine, this is 16.5% of our target population of 650,000 individuals. A total of 2913 individuals are now fully vaccinated.
[Source: Fiji Police]
