5 new COVID-19 cases from Muanikoso in Nasinu

Five new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed from one household in Muanikoso, Nasinu.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says one of these cases is an employee of Extra Supermarket.

All five of these cases have been under home quarantine following the discovery of that cluster last week.

Contact tracing investigations are ongoing.

Doctor Fong says the contact tracing for Case 190 (who was announced yesterday) from the Vunimono/Nadali cluster has identified him as being a potential high risk case for transmission.

The man is a driver for a security company and was working up until Wednesday, May 19th.

Doctor Fong says the public should expect to see extensive contact tracing activities ongoing in the Suva-Nausori area.

There are now 62 active cases in isolation.

They have recorded 195 cases and four deaths in Fiji since recording our first case on March 19th 2020.

There are 2625 primary contacts of previous cases who were being monitored in Suva.

Out of the 2625, 1619 have been cleared, with 1006 still being followed up.

The Permanent Secretary says they are confident more cases are present in the community.

It says through widespread adherence to the existing COVID-safe health measures, we can break new chains of transmission even as new cases are detected and eventually allow for lessened restrictions on movement and greater economic activity.

If you have an essential reason to leave your home, please wear a mask, maintain a safe physical distance of at least 2 metres between yourself and others at all times, and make sure you have careFIJI installed with bluetooth kept on.