Fiji has recorded it’s fourth COVID-19 death.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says a woman from the recent Makoi cluster who tested positive for COVID-19, was entered into intensive care after her condition began rapidly deteriorating.
He says he is sad to report that, despite the best efforts of her attending physicians, she has passed away.
Doctor Fong says they informed this woman’s family of her passing and offered them their sincere condolences well before making the announcement to the nation, as they wanted them to have time to process this privately.
He offers the nation the Ministry of Health’s total commitment to spare as many families as they can from the tragedy of seeing loved ones lost to this terrible disease.
Doctor Fong says this is our second reported death from COVID-19 due to this outbreak.
He says it serves as yet another painful reminder of the severity of the threat that we face.
The Permanent Secretary says they are dealing with a virus that has claimed more than 3.7 million lives around the world.
He says many more Fijian lives could all-too-easily add to that sobering figure but that does not have to happen.
Doctor Fong calls on people to adhere to COVID safety measures.
