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Second wave of COVID-19 cases shakes up Fiji – devpolicy.org

Complacency and lax quarantine fuelled Fiji’s second wave of COVID-19. As new restrictions apply, it may be what the country needs to shake it out of its complacency,…

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A year after the first border closures and lockdowns, Fiji is again in the throes of stringent containment measures. On 18 April, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama proudly announced the one-year mark since Fijis last case of COVID-19 outside of a border quarantine facility.
On 5 May, with community transmission on the rise, medical authorities declared Fiji was at war with the virus. Lautoka Hospital, Fijis second-largest hospital, was placed under quarantine with the countrys first community transmitted…

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