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Minister for Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu has told Commissioners and other government officials to carry out their assessments quickly and ensure no one is left out.
While speaking to officials in Ba, Seruiratu has told them to start identifying their priority areas and adds agriculture is very important as well due to its implications on food security.
He says restoration of essential services such as power, water and accessibility to roads is in the hands of service providers.
Seruiratu also says they hope the weather clears by midweek as per the forecast so that work can be carried out including assessments.
He has also told officials to tend to those people who are in evacuation centres and ensure COVID-safe protocols are followed.
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The Minister has also urged officials to clean up and move people back to their homes so that schools can be prepared for resumption of classes.
He says they need to keep people sheltered but also need to ensure that evacuation centres are ready for schools to restart.
Seruiratu says in a worse case scenario if there is a community in a school who cannot go back to their homes, then they will need to find alternative options.
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He adds he is worried about evacuation centres and has asked the Health Ministry if random tests can be conducted so they could find out the level of transmission in the community.
