COVID-19: What You Need To Know About Suva’s Lockdown Situation

According to the new Suva lockdown directives, the public will not be allowed in or out of the Suva lockdown. However, passage through checkpoints will be allowed for medical purposes.

All non-essential businesses will be closed.

Supermarkets and shops selling food will remain open.

Restaurants can remain open, as long as there is a seating capacity for less than 20 people available, physical distancing will be maintained between tables and at queues, and they must focus on takeaway and delivery orders.

Banks and pharmacies will remain open, as well the Fiji National Provident Fund branches.

Essential businesses will remain as is the case in the Lautoka confined area.

This will include:

air and rescue services,

air traffic control services,

civil aviation,

telecommunication services,

food and sanitary services,

manufacturing plants,

electricity services,

emergency services,

fire services,

health and hospital services,

lighthouse services,

meteorological services,

mine pumping,

ventilation

and winding, sanitary services,

supply and distribution of fuel and gas, power,

garbage collection,

transport services,

water and sewage services,

Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) and Fiji Revenue Customs Service (FRCS),

civil service,

private security services

and roading services.

The Suva lockdown area.

Civil servants in each ministry are to continue to go to work unless their Permanent Secretary informs them to work from home.

Markets will remain open, but the Suva City Council will set up satellite markets to prevent overcrowding.

The port of Suva will remain open for international freight shipping and inter-island cargo shipping; Passenger travel remains forbidden.

The Agro Marketing Authority will get food and produce into the Suva confined area.

At all three checkpoints, suppliers can arrange with a Police driver to ensure that produce still comes into Suva.

There is a ban on all social gatherings, including sports such as touch rugby and soccer.

Edited by Jonathan Bryce

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