Mobile fever clinics will now be the focus strategy for the Ministry of Health as it rolls out further containment measures for any potential Coronavirus cases.

Health Minister, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says their teams have hit the ground running with the aim to assess up to 100 thousand residents in Suva by the end of next week.

“In the Lautoka Containment area, we had a population of about a 100 thousand in that area, so we saw about 60 thousand Fijians. We have about 230 thousand within the border that’s under lockdown at the moment and we are aiming to see more than a 100 thousand Fijians.”

#TeamFiji this is the updated clusters for COVID19 in Fiji. We have 6 patients each from Lautoka and Labasa clusters. The Suva and Nadi patients and clusters do not have any transmissions. #Veilomani #TogatherWeCan #BreakTheChain pic.twitter.com/DjnFKjmSQw

— Dr I Waqainabete (@Nadokoulu) April 10, 2020

The Minister maintains though that where possible Fijians need to take advantage of the established fever clinics.

“Apart from the fever clinic, we’re asking people if they have a fever or flu to come, especially if they got a recent history of travel or have been in contact with someone who has a recent travel history.”

Eliki and Pravin man our frontage at Nakasi HC. The fever clinic temporary relocated inside due to TC Harold will be relocated back to the car park by Sunday. #Veilomani #TogatherWeCan #BreakTheChain pic.twitter.com/CRvT3IkMYd

— Dr I Waqainabete (@Nadokoulu) April 10, 2020

There are 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Fiji to date.

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