SUVA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Fiji reported on Saturday four new imported COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of active cases to five in the Pacific island nation.
According to a statement by Fiji's Health Ministry on Saturday, the first two cases are a 38-year-old female and a 15-year-old male, who are family members that travelled to Fiji from Manila, Philippines. They arrived in Fiji's third largest city of Nadi on flight NZ952 from Auckland, New Zealand on April 8 this year.
The next two cases are a 69-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, who are family members that travelled to Fiji from Rajkot, India, arriving in Nadi on flight FJ1362 from Singapore on April 10 this year.
All the four persons returned positive test results during routine testing while undergoing the 14-day quarantine in Nadi. They have been transferred to the isolation ward at Lautoka hospital, about 24 km north of Nadi.
Fiji has had 72 cases in total, with 65 recoveries and two deaths, since its first case was reported on March 19 last year. The last 54 cases have been international travel-associated cases detected in border quarantine. And it has been 364 days since the last case was detected outside border quarantine on April 18 last year.
A total of 42,492 COVID-19 laboratory tests have been conducted, with a daily average of 237 tests per day over the last seven days.
Currently, a total of 698 people who have recently arrived from overseas are undergoing mandatory 14-day quarantine in Nadi.
Fiji maintains strict travel restrictions to date for foreign visitors alongside a nationwide curfew effective from March 30 last year to ensure safety on the island nation. Enditem
