Bula everyone
We are back on the streets today after closing down for major decontamination on Saturday and yesterday in the wake of a COVID-19 scare.
The big one obviously for many people would be our impressive foray at the Oceania 7s in Townsville Australia.
That game against the New Zealand All Blacks 7 tonight was good to watch eh. The fact that we won the event would have been welcomed by fans.
In the face of that, our numbers continue to rise in as far as our COVID-19 cases are concerned.
In the face of that sits our commitment to fight it.
The permanent secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong keeps reminding us about the war we must fight against the virus.
There are many issues that will be raised including whether tough decisions are been made to address the rise in number of new cases daily.
The powers that be must make tough calls that are good for us all.
Our challenge is to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols.
Here are some headlines in The Fiji Times’ edition for Monday, June 28.
PAGE 1
Home quarantine
ESTER Lata and her family have been in home quarantine for more than 23 days, and she said they were almost out of food.
PAGE 2
Fiji chose AstraZeneca
FIJI was given the opportunity to ask for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine but chose AstraZeneca instead because it was more readily available.
Private doctors
GOVERNMENT will pay $5 million to private medical practitioners who will provide medical services to Fijians in COVID hit zones who normally access public health facilities.
PAGE 3
New areas of interest
FORTY-THREE of the 262 new COVID-19 cases recorded yesterday are from new areas of interest.
Family low on food
MORE than 23 days after being placed in home isolation, a family in Naselai Feeder Road, Nausori, claimed they had not been cleared by authorities and were running low on food and medicine.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
There are some interesting letters on Pages 8 and 9.
PEOPLE
This popular section of the newspaper is about people.
SPORTS
The big one on the back page is about the 7s in Australia.
There’s more to read inside, but you’ll have to get a copy to know what we are talking about!
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