Photo taken on April 4, 2020 shows policemen at a checkpoint in Suva, Fiji. Fiji announced on Thursday to lock down the capital city of Suva from early Friday morning. (Xinhua)
SUVA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Fiji reported on Saturday five more confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 12.
In a televised speech on Saturday afternoon, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the latest cases are two from Labasa, a city in Fiji's second largest island of Vanua Levu, one each from capital city of Suva, the third largest city of Nadi and the second largest city of Lautoka.
The 54-year-old father of patients 6 and 7 (a couple) at Nabua, Suva has tested positive and has been isolated in Labasa while the 11-year-old daughter of the couple at Nabua, Suva has also tested positive of such virus. One of his other family members has also contracted COVID-19.
The case in Lautoka is a 39-year old female who connected to the woman that tested positive after the zumba class with the first patient. The new case in Nadi is a 20-year-old female, who tested positive after returning from Auckland, New Zealand.
Fiji reported its first confirmed case of the deadly virus on March 19. And after immediately locking down Lautoka, the capita city of Suva has also been shut down from early Friday morning.
In Fiji, a nationwide curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. every day has also been imposed since March 30. The prime minister warned on Saturday that a 24-hour curfew will be implemented if Fijians do not adhere to the government restrictions.
