Fiji Police Deliver Groceries, Urge People To Stay Home As Delta Cases Rise
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Since COVID-19 pandemic began, Fiji with less than a million population has reported 39 deaths, but most have come since the emergence of the Delta variant in April.
Fiji on Wednesday began distributing groceries to some households as it urges people to stay at home amid rising infections of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the novel coronavirus. Authorities posted pictures on social media of bags of supermarket supplies - including packaged food and toilet paper - being delivered to homes around the capital, Suva, as they reinforced calls for people to obey social distancing rules and get vaccinated. Police and a supermarket "delivered household packs to Fijians in targeted lockdown areas and home isolation", the government said on Twitter as part of a publicity blitz on COVID-19 safety. The deliveries were mostly being made in poorer neighbourhoods. "We are here to ensure that Fijians get assistance," the government said.More Related News