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There are now three more cases of COVID-19 from Muanikoso in Nasinu which has also resulted in the area being locked down.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the cases are all tied to the cluster in Muanikoso.
Doctor Fong says one case is from the same household as the other cases previously announced in Muanikoso.
The other two cases are neighbours from an adjoining home.
Doctor Fong says the close proximity of the two households strongly suggests there was contact at some point.
He says this may have been before the members of the first household began their home quarantine on May 11th.
The Permanent Secretary says given that these two new cases in the second household were not under a home quarantine order, they have locked down the Muanikoso area until further investigations can inform the risk assessment for the community.
Doctor Fong stresses that no one residing in the area will be allowed to leave.
Those outside of the area who reside in the community will be allowed to re-enter provided they acknowledge they will not be allowed to leave.
The contact tracing investigations into the Muanikoso cluster indicate that case 191, an Extra Supermarket employee, is the most likely source point for transmission.
Doctor Fong says she had careFIJI installed with the Bluetooth switched on, so their contact tracing teams have digitally logged interactions to inform their investigations.
He says this case again reinforces the importance for all Fijians to stay home at all times.
If you do have an essential reason to leave, wear a mask, maintain two metres of physical distance from others, and install careFIJI and keep Bluetooth turned on.
