FIJI NEWS: Coronavirus: Fiji extends travel ban amid growing concerns

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Fiji has declared new travel limitations in the midst of developing concerns the spread 19 coronavirus is spreading over the globe.

Executive Frank Bainimarama said voyagers who had been in Italy, Iran and the South Korean urban areas of Daegu and Cheongdo would not be allowed passage into Fiji.

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The new measures follow the prior movement boycott forced on all guests who had been in terrain China inside 14 days of their proposed travel to Fiji.

Mr. Bainimarama said warm scanners would likewise be introduced at all the nation’s ports of the section on 2 March.

From 28 February, all voyage ships entering Fijian waters would be required to make the principal compartment at ports in Suva or Lautoka, where all travelers onboard would experience clinical and travel history checks.

“We’re presenting these new safety efforts since we accept the wellbeing of our kin should consistently start things out. The worldwide economy is enduring a big cheese from the spread of covid-19. What’s more, Fiji will feel the effects also.”

There were right now no associated or affirmed cases with the infection in Fiji, he said.

Mr. Bainimarama said as the worldwide circumstance developed, so would Fiji’s reaction and he guaranteed the country the administration would proceed to “secure our fringes to lessen the danger of an episode in Fiji”.

It likewise stayed “indispensable” that all Fijians “depended only on confided in wellsprings of data” for their covid-19 updates, specifically the WHO and the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, he said.

In the interim, the Asian Development Bank has affirmed $US2 million worth of financing to help creating nations in Asia and the Pacific contain the flare-up of the coronavirus and improve strength to transferable illnesses.

The assets will be accessible for all ADB creating part nations in refreshing and executing their pandemic reaction plans.

The work will be directed in a closely coordinated effort with the World Health Organization.

In February, the ADB gave $2 million to fortify the prompt reaction limit in various Asian countries.

Source - NZ Fiji Times
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