SUVA (Fiji), March 19 — Fiji confirmed its first coronavirus case today and immediately moved to seal off the city where the patient — a flight attendant — was based, as panic buying gripped the Pacific island nation. The announcement of Fiji’s first Covid-19 case followed...
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama called for calm in a televised address to the nation outlining the government’s emergency response. — Reuters pic
“There is a single confirmed case of Covid-19 in Lautoka that was imported from a patient who had recently travelled abroad,” Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete said on Twitter.Authorities said the man was a 27-year-old Fiji Airways flight attendant who had recently visited the United States and New Zealand.Residents in the capital Suva jammed supermarkets to stock up on basic supplies, while the Fiji Times reported that parents in Lautoka rushed to remove their children from school.
He said Lautoka, Fiji’s second-largest city with a population of about 55,000 would be completely sealed off from the rest of the country. He said dedicated fever clinics were being established and the military would help trace people who had been in contact with anyone who was infected.
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