A Tongan student at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji has tested positive for the COVID-19.

This was revealed today by Tonga's Minister for Education and Training, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni, in Parliament. He said they were monitoring the case. No other details were released.

Since April, the Tongan Government has postponed repatriation flights from Fiji due to the worsening COVID-19 situation there.

There have been 17 deaths reported due to COVID-19 in Fiji, with 15 of these deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.

Fiji cases 

There are currently 21 COVID-19 patients with severe illness admitted at CWM Hospital. There have been 26 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 3027 active cases in isolation.

On June 28, Fiji’s Ministry of Health recorded 241 new cases of COVID-19.

Five cases are prison officers from Suva at the Fiji Sugar Corporation Compound in Rakiraki.

They were undergoing 14 days quarantine at the FSC compound as part of essential movement from red zone to green zone when they tested positive. 

The remaining cases are from the Lami-Suva-Nausori containment zone.

There are 106 from existing areas of interest and 17 from the following new areas of interest: Fiji Times, Food City Suva, Matanisivoro Settlement, National Kidney Centre-Nadera, Suva City Council, Tamavua-i-Wai.

Deaths

One death is still under investigation to determine if it was caused by COVID-19.

The Ministry had also recorded eight COVID-19 positive patients that died from pre-existing non-COVID-19 related illnesses that they had been receiving treatment for at the CWM Hospital.

In total there have been 3762 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021, with a total of 3832 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020 and 779 recoveries.

To date, the total numbers of vaccination completed nationwide are 278,954 first doses, which is 49% of the target population and 43,345 have received their second doses or 6.12% of the target population, said Fiji’s Ministry of Health.