The Asian Development Bank has agreed to lend Fiji a further $US100 million dollars to help in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 disease.

This will be further added by another $US5 million by the World Bank under its COVID-19 facility.

Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says this level of assistance helps to help ordinary Fijians who have been affected.

He says no-one knows when COVID-19 will be over and hence all the assistance being given will bring some relief.