Students To Do Exams In Quarantine
The students were close contacts of people who came in contact with two sailors onboard the MV Island Chief, who tested positive for COVID-19. This takes the number of people with COVID-19 in border cases to nine.
Tuesday 08 December 2020 | 17:09
Four high school students who are part of the 21 people taken into quarantine over the weekend will be doing their external examinations in quarantine.
The Year 12 and Year 13 external examinations started yesterday.
Permanent secretary for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong said arrangements had been made for these students to sit the examination and he had not heard of any problems.
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The students were close contacts of people who came in contact with two sailors onboard the MV Island Chief, who tested positive for COVID-19. This takes the number of people with COVID-19 in border cases to nine.
The ministry will also operate at reduced capacity until it is established that there was no risk of transmission in the community.
“We are relying on our dedicated men and women at the frontline, protecting our borders, and caring for border cases in our isolation units under strict infection prevention and control protocols,” Dr Fong said.
“But we have seen breaches happen in more advanced countries than Fiji.
“We have watched this happen, and we have improved our own processes as a result.
“But it could still happen here. In that worst-case scenario, our society must be COVID-Ready.
“As we did in March and April, every Fijian must take ownership over our national effort to contain the virus.
“Until such time when a vaccine is widely available, we cannot become complacent.”
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