9 Jun 2021

Fiji COVID spread putting pressure on facilities

From Afternoons, 1:19 pm on 9 June 2021

Fiji announced a new daily record of Covid-19 cases today, with 94 new cases confirmed within 24 hours.

The Fiji government has also confirmed it's now unable to isolate cases at its facilities and is sending positive people home instead.

Jesse speaks to RNZ correspondent in Suva, Lice Movono.

This picture taken on April 24, 2021 shows residents wearing face masks waiting to cross the main road in the Fijian capital Suva ahead of an expected lockdown in the capital due to a Covid-19 spike. (Photo by Leon LORD / AFP)

Photo: AFP