SUVA, June 5 — Fiji announced it was Covid-19 free today after the island nation's last known infected patient was given the all-clear, continuing the Pacific's remarkable record of success against the virus. There was panic among Fiji's 930,000 population when the first coronavirus case was...
Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji taking off his hat at the start of the UN Climate Change Conference 2017 in Bonn, Germany, November 18, 2017. — Reuters pic
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama attributed the country's virus-free status to “answered prayers, hard work, and affirmation of science.”“And even with our testing numbers climbing by the day, it's now been 45 days since we recorded our last case. With no deaths, our recovery rate is 100 per cent.” However, nations in the region acted swiftly and made the costly decision to seal borders and shut down the tourism trade that sustains their economies, in order to protect their populations.
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