Executive Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that the nationwide check in time will remain in effect but from tomorrow 22nd June 2020 the new time limitation hours will be from 11pm to 4am.
He has also announced that nightclubs will remain closed.
From Monday – 22nd June 2020, gatherings of 100 individuals will be allowed.
It is for weddings, funerals and other community gatherings.
From Friday – 26th June 2020, places of worship will be allowed to be opened with just gatherings of 100 individuals allowed.
PM says Year 12 and 13 students will start classes on Tuesday – 30th June to allow them to get back to preparing for their exams.
Tertiary institutions can also allow face to face classes from 30th June.
Schools will open on 6th July for other students.
Sporting venues can hold sports at 50 percent capacity so long as social distancing applies.
Cinemas will be opened from tomorrow but will be limited to 50 percent capacity but there needs to be 1.5 meters distancing
Community sports will have a limit of 100.
Presently 64 days since Fiji affirmed its first case of COVID-19.
The Prime Minister is today launching the careFiji app, Fiji’s contact tracing app for COVID-19.
PM says he is not here to talk about returning to normal but another normal He says we must form our resilience to COVID-19 from the beginning PM says zero cases does not mean zero risks He says Fiji cannot shut the world out as it affects thousands of jobs.
Phase 2 of Fiji’s safe return to financial recuperation will be announced today.
A press meeting will be held at 2pm today with the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete, Education Minister Rosy Akbar, and Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho.
PM says the CareFiji app uses Bluetooth technology to make contact tracing a lot faster He says the app has the same features as the app used in Australia and Singapore This is to keep Fijians safe and also show tourists that Fiji is perhaps the safest place to visit.
Fiji working on a Bula Bubble between Fiji Australia and NZ.
Safe measures are being announced.
Intending travelers must show certified verification of being self quarantined in their country for 14 days.
The other option is 14 days quarantine on arrival in Fiji.
Celebrity lanes will be set up for these tourists.
Resorts will be identified for this.
Pacific pathways will be established with Tuvalu, Kiribati and Tonga.
They have to spend 14 days in quarantine at a Fijian govt facility before being tested for COVID-19.
The costs for this will be paid by their govt or the individuals.
Fiji Airways already has a travel safe plan.
Yachts and pleasure craft are looking forward to returning to Fiji.
Safe blue lanes expected to be created.
Just entry will be at Port Denarau Marina.
Cruise ships are still strictly banned.
Contain is the catchphrase here for COVID-19.
Fiji will remain COVID contained according to the PM.
Travelers also have to create a negative COVID-19 test result within 40 hours.
Fijian citizens and Fiji residents overseas will be allowed to travel to Fiji.
They have to give their certification of 14 days quarantine in Australia or NZ.
They will then have to go to self quarantine for 7 days at home.
They also need to have downloaded the careFiji app.
All precautionary measures will be taken by the team.
All costs of tests etc will be paid by the production company
Schools will open on 6th July for other students.
Year 12 and Year 13 students in secondary schools will start classes on Tuesday – 30 June 2020 while the rest of the primary and secondary school students, as well as early youth education, will open multi week later, on Monday – 6th July.
Head administrator Voreqe Bainimarama has also announced that tertiary institutions as well can open for face-to-face classes from 30 June.
Bainimarama says Year 12 and Year 13 students will start classes on 30 June to allow them to get back into preparing for their exams.
He says their plan to revive schools has catered for a realigned school educational plan, ensuring that all of Fiji’s schools are on the same page.
Bainimarama says it simply wouldn’t be fair for youngsters in different schools to be disadvantaged just because of where they live, and which school they attend, whether open or private.
He says this is the reason they have taken the time to address re-opening for the remainder of the 2020 school year with particular care. Bainimarama says principals, teachers, and school management will be responsible for COVID-proofing their schools, practicing the healthy habits that they have embraced in each side of COVID-safe monetary recuperation.
He says there are more than 238,000 students in Fijian schools across the country.Gatherings of 100 individuals allowed but nightclubs to stay closed
PM Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that nightclubs will stay closed while from Monday, the 22nd of June, they will allow for gatherings of up to 100 individuals.
Bainimarama says, for the time being, this 100-person limit will apply to weddings, funerals, cafes, restaurants, conferences, and other community gatherings.
He says all throughout Fiji, we have to start gatherings not as large, uncontrolled masses, but as self-contained groupings.
Check in time now 11pm to 4am starting from tomorrow
The new nationwide time limit hours starting from tomorrow (Monday – 22nd June 2020) will be from 11pm to 4am.
Executive Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that the nationwide check in time will remain in effect but to allow for increasingly financial activity and opportunity of movement, it will currently be enforced from 11pm and lifted at 4am.
He says this is not just a matter of health, but a matter of open prosperity.
Bainimarama says they have heard from countless Fijians asking that the time limitation be kept saying that they feel safer with restrictions.
He says this revised time limitation will remain in effect until further notice.
All sports activities and facilities will currently be permitted but under strict regulations – PM
Sporting facilities and activities will presently be permitted but it will be permitted with strict rules.
This has been highlighted by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama during his COVID-19 announcement today.
Bainimarama says gyms, fitness centers and swimming pools, both open and those at the hotels will be re-opened from tomorrow.
He says it is the responsibility of facility operators to ensure the facilities are clean and they maintain contact tracing information for each person who uses their facilities by checking for careFIJI installation and keeping a manual log for those who don’t have smartphones.
He adds live sporting events can also resume, but with restrictions.
The Prime Minister says formal indoor and outdoor sporting venues can host sporting events with spectators at 50 percent capacity, as long as physical distancing is maintained within the scene.
He says for informal sports events at the community level, the 100-person limit applies and they will audit this strategy shortly.
He says team officials will be responsible for symptom screenings of their players and should not allow anyone who is sick to play.
He adds cinemas will also have the option to re-open their doors from tomorrow, but under various conditions.
The Prime Minister says cinemas will be limited to 50 percent of capacity and all groupings of theater-goers such as friends and family members who attend and sit together, will presently be required to sit 1.5 meters apart from other groupings or individuals.
He adds in between each showing, service areas should be cleaned down, seats profound cleaned and open areas must be thoroughly sanitized.
Houses of worship to re-open with 100 worshippers at a time
Leader Voreqe Bainimarama says effective from Friday, the 26th of June, they are allowing houses of worship to re-make their ways for 100 worshippers at a time.
He says starting tomorrow, throughout the next three to four days, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services will meet with religious leaders to talk about how the new normal will glance in houses of worship, and how they can adapt to protect Fijians who come to them.
Bainimarama says science shows serious risks in houses of worship because of the close proximity, the intimacy of congregations, and practices such as indoor singing.
He says they will be working hand-in-hand with churches, mosques, and temples to explain and limit these one of a kind challenges.
Bainimarama says now like never before, houses of worship should be not a source of risk, but of shelter. He says they are asking each congregation, mosque, and temple to share the weight of responsibility, and take care of their worshippers with the same duty of care that is at the center of all their efforts.
Bainimarama is asking houses of worship to set up hand-washing stations, limit physical contact, encourage distancing measures, and consider holding more services to ensure adherence to the 100-person limit.
careFIJI COVID-19 tracing app now available to download
The careFIJI app, Fiji’s COVID-19 tracing app has been launched by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and it is currently available on Google Playstore or the Apple App Store.
Leader Voreqe Bainimarama says the careFIJI will do far more than making contact tracing increasingly efficient and effective.
He says it will instill a sense of trust in other countries and show the world, and tourists, that Fiji is perhaps the safest nation on Earth to live, work, and holiday in.
Bainimarama adds that it will bring back lost jobs of friends and neighbors and restore lost income, and put us back on track to financial greatness. He says because the App uses Bluetooth and not data for its center function, careFIJI itself takes almost no data to use once it’s installed.
Bainimarama says careFIJI is designed to be as easy, secure, and without hassle as possible.
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