SUVA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Fijian doctors tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the first that doctors who have been involved in the island nation's frontline work have contracted the disease.
According to Fiji's Health Ministry, the two are a 25-year-old female doctor and a 30-year-old male doctor who was tested as contact tracing of the first doctor. Both have been isolated and their close household contacts have been quarantined.
Fiji now has 51 active cases, including 16 imported cases, 31 locally transmitted cases and four still being under investigation to determine the source of transmission.
Fiji has had 121 cases in total, with 68 recoveries and two deaths, since its first confirmed case was recorded on March 19 last year.
Late Sunday night, the health ministry announced that the Suva-Nausori Lockdown Zone will revert into two separate containment areas, the Suva Containment Area and the Nausori Containment Area, from 4:00 a.m. local time on Monday morning.
No person will be allowed to cross the containment check points, unless it is for medical emergency, while curfew hours will be from 11:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. daily. Essential services such as supermarkets, banks, pharmacies and other essential businesses as identified by the health ministry may operate, but businesses that are not on the list of essential services should not open.
Fijians also have been asked to stay at home unless they have an essential reason to leave in the coming days. Enditem
