The Fijian Government has clarified that 40 screening clinics have been activated nationwide to screen those who are developing symptoms of COVID-19.
This after Fiji recorded its first community transmission case in Lautoka after a year.
Mobilised house to house screening efforts has also begun specifically for the containment areas between Nadi and Lautoka, and Cunningham in Suva.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong said: “If we find out that they are sick we will be testing immediately and often. We have the capacity to run 600 COVID tests per day. That is how many tests we plan to run every day for the next two weeks, at least.”
