17 Sep 2021

Covid-19 - Fiji mainland restrictions ease, islands on alert

From Midday Report, 12:48 pm on 17 September 2021

Despite restrictions easing on Fiji's mainland, six remote islands have been put on high-alert amid the escalating rise in Covid-19 cases there.

Health teams have been sent to these areas where nearly 800 people are infected with the Delta strain.

Fiji's Government has set a 1 November deadline to reopen the country's borders.

The pressure is now on to contain the spread of the virus and achieve the Government's 80 percent vaccination target. 

RNZ Pacific's Christine Rovoi reports.