A breach at an MIQ facility in Fiji has seen Covid-19 slip into the community for the first time since March 2020.

That has seen the towns of Nadi and Lautoka plunged into lockdown, with restrictions placed on the rest of the country from this morning.

In a national address on Monday the Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama shared the early results of the investigation into the breach.

Morning Report

Covid-19: Fiji in lockdown after MIQ breach

Twelve new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji, bringing the national total to 36 infections.

Fourteen are border quarantine cases and twenty-two are local transmissions.

Four of the twelve cases are close contacts of the hotel worker who tested positive in Nadi.

The capital Suva is in lockdown while authorities try to trace contacts - especially from a funeral.

Our Fiji correspondent, Lice Movono, spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Covid cases rise in Fiji

With multiple 14-day-lockdowns in force across the main island of Fiji some locals are making the most of online forums and chat groups to stay connected and support each other.

Nadi, Lautoka, Suva and the wider Nausori and Lami areas are all locked down as health authorities implement contact tracing to try and get ontop of the country's first community outbreak in over a year.

So far authorities have confirmed more than 20 community cases with 600 tests being conducted daily in the containment zones.

Our correspondent Lice Movono is locked down in one of the containment areas near Suva and joins me now, bula Lice so you've been in lockdown a couple of days and feeling a little anxious but you say you've found there is a whole lot of community support online?

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We head to Fiji where the country is in lockdown as the country's Covid cases top 100. Ellie Jay spoke with our Fiji correspondent Lice Movono shortly after the government announced two new Covid cases on the island nation.

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Fiji goes into lockdown after new Covid cases announced

One of the largest hospitals in Fiji has been put into lockdown to prevent it from becoming ground zero for a Covid-19 outbreak.

The Pacific nation has been fighting a local outbreak of the virus, going into a lockdown a couple of days ago.

Lautoka Hospital has recorded three cases coming from within the hospital, prompting the decision to close it to the public.

The Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong, says more than 400 staff have been sequestered and will be effectively quarantined within the hospital.

Fiji correspondent Lice Movono spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Covid-19: Fiji hospital in lockdown after doctors catch virus

Health authorities in Fiji are redploying resources from the central and northern divisions of the main island Viti Levu to the western division which is being called the frontline of the country's 'war' with Covid-19.

The country recorded its first covid death in the community on Wednesday night at the Lautoka hospital which was closed off by the military and police after two local doctors who had come in contact with the deceased tested positive for the virus.

Our correspondent Lice Movono joins me now from Fiji, Bula Lice so things look like they are escalating Lice is that the case?

Fiji redeploying health resources to support the west

There are concerns in Fiji that the rate of people dying from Covid-19 is slowly accelerating.

The country has confirmed over 40 deaths from the virus, all but a handful of them have occurred during the current outbreak which started in April and 10 have been recorded in the last week alone.

Joining me from Suva is our correspondent Lice Movono, Bula and welcome Lice so some worrying trends emerging here?

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