Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says there are currently 65 definite active cases of COVID-19 in Suva, however they are sure that this is an underestimate and there are many more cases.
He says they have been informed that there was a particular restaurant in which there was a Christmas party and 4 attendees have been found positive.
Dr. Fong says they are currently doing their usual contact tracing operations, however, they are grateful that a number of attendees, some of whom are symptomatic, have presented themselves for testing.
He adds this is not unexpected as COVID safe measures with vaccination reduces the risk of getting infected but it does not remove that risk.
The Permanent Secretary further says current indications are that all those who tested positive are stable and that all attendees of the function were fully vaccinated.
He say they remain very confident that there are other events and gatherings happening throughout the weekend and expect cases to escalate.
Dr. Fong says they also expect that if fully vaccinated, many of these persons will have significant protection against hospitalization and severe disease.
