![Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong. [image: Fijian Government]](https://www.fijivillage.com/news_images/1705815494607fb2bc1ea4f5dc1e97.jpg)
- A woman is a new COVID-19 case from Cunningham
- High-risk businesses such as gyms, cinemas, bars, taverns, gaming centres cannot open for the next 14 days
- Non-work gatherings of any size cannot take place anywhere. These gathering restrictions are nationwide
Fiji has another COVID-19 community case which has also resulted in the Health Ministry announcing new guidelines for the whole of Viti Levu while some guidelines remain for the whole country.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says after the announcement about the funeral in Tavakubu, Lautoka last Friday and Saturday, a family in Suva has come forward to let the health officials know that they had attended the funeral.
He says as of yesterday morning, one of these family members, a 40-year-old woman has tested positive for COVID-19.
The woman resides in Wainitarawau Settlement in Cunningham. She lives at home with her husband and five children. They are all in isolation at Navua Hospital.
Her family members have all tested negative for the virus so far.
From 10pm Tuesday through yesterday, the ministry has activated containment teams to establish a screening zone at the Wainitarawau Settlement.
Doctor Fong says the rules for the zone are simple: No one is allowed out. Those who live in this area are being allowed back in, but they must stay there.
They are screening every Fijian in that zone, and they will keep the area contained for at least the next 14 days.
He says the density of people living within the settlement make this area particularly high-risk for the spread of the virus, so they are not taking any chances.
Doctor Fong says they are still terming the Tavakubu funeral as a super spreader event.
He says this virus is as deadly as it has ever been.
Doctor Fong says it is more transmissible, and we must treat it more seriously than we ever have before.
If you were at the funeral in Tavakubu, either at the residence or at Peceliema Church, on Friday 16th April or Saturday 17th April and the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has not yet contacted you, please call 158 right now.
Your life, and the lives of those you love, may be at-risk.
Please, pick up the phone and dial 158.
