By Staff Writer
Fiji media has reported the death at 6.35pm on Wednesday 5 May 2021 of a first person who contracted the COVID-19 virus inside the country.
Fiji Sun online media confirmed the death of a man at the Lautoka Hospital Intensive Care Unit where he was admitted since April 19th, for a surgical procedure.”
Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr James Fong, in a statement said the man was swabbed and tested positive for the virus. After his condition started to deteriorate.
“As this case has shown, the virus can attack anyone, and with devastating consequences,” Dr Fong was reported in the Fiji media.
“We urge the public to show concern and sympathy for all people who become infected.
“We also urge the public once again to get tested if there is even a small chance you may have been exposed to the virus, to cooperate fully with the contact tracing teams, and to observe the practices that will keep us all safe,”