Fiji to lock down capital city following 2 more COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-02 14:07:00|Editor: huaxia

SUVA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Fiji announced on Thursday to lock down the capital city of Suva from early Friday morning following two more COVID-19 cases have been confirmed.

Announcing it in a televised speech on Thursday afternoon, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the sixth confirmed case is a 21-year-old woman and the seventh confirmed case is her 33-year-old husband. They are from Suva and are now in isolation at Navua Hospital, about 39 kilometers west of Suva.

Both patients are hairdressers. The woman developed symptoms on Saturday. She informed Fiji's Ministry of Health on April 1. Health teams visited her home and tested her the same day. Her husband reported symptoms on March 31. He was tested the same day.

According to the prime minister, the greater Suva area will be locked down for the coming 14 days from 5 a.m. Friday morning.

He also announced that the nationwide curfew will now be from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. from this Friday.

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was found in Fiji's second largest city of Lautoka on March 19 and the city has been put on lockdown from the same day until next Tuesday.

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