Family of 3 quarantined at Navua Hospital Isolation Ward

Family of 3 quarantined at Navua Hospital Isolation Ward

By Vijay Narayan
Thursday 02/04/2020
Navua Hospital

A family of three from Nabua Muslim League settlement along Ratu Mara Road is currently quarantined at the Navua Hospital Isolation Ward.

They were taken to Navua this morning while a contact tracing team is at the settlement this hour.

Fijivillage has also received confirmation that the father of the man currently being quarantined in Navua, is in self quarantine in Labasa after returning from India.

We are also receiving reports that Police and Health Ministry officials are currently at the squatter settlement in Nabua.

The man in quarantine in Navua is a barber from Suva while his wife is a hairdresser. Their child is also in quarantine.

We will have more soon.

Four people from Fiji are likely to be blacklisted by India

Meanwhile four people from Fiji are likely to be blacklisted by India amongst the 300 foreigners who went to India from 16 countries, on tourist visas but attended an Islamic congregation at Nizamuddin that has become a key source for the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

We are awaiting comments from the Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete on the whereabouts of these four people from Fiji, whether they have arrived in Fiji and are in self isolation and what steps are being taken as we speak.

Stay with us for developments regarding this.

Times of India has reported that India’s Union Home Ministry official has said that these foreigners were among around 8,000 people who attended the Tabligh-e-Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz facility in March, many of whom have shown symptoms of COVID-19.

About 30 of those who attended the Nizamuddin event in mid-March tested positive and at least three have succumbed to the infection in the last few days.

The Union Home ministry official said those who went on tourist visa to India but attended the Nizamuddin event stands being in the blacklist as they have violated the visa conditions. He says tourist visa holders can't attend religious functions. If a foreigner is put in the Home ministry's blacklist, he or she can't travel to India in future.

A total of 281 foreigners were found by the police at the Nizamuddin campus. They include the 4 people from Fiji, 19 people from Nepal, 20 people from Malaysia, one from Afghanistan, 33 from Myanmar, one from Algeria, one from Djibouti, 28 from Kyrgystan, 72 from Indonesia, 7 from Thailand, 34 from Sri Lanka, 19 from Bangladesh, 3 from England, 1 from Singapore, 1 from France and 1 from Kuwait.

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