How Fiji copes: Covid-19 and Harold

When I posted a month ago, no cases of Covid-19 had been identified in Fiji. Inevitably, this has changed. There are now 16 confirmed cases which have been traced to two sources.

A young Fiji Airways flight attendant brought the virus to Fiji from Los Angeles on a direct flight. Despite orders for the crew not to leave their hotel rooms, he wanted to see relatives in the city and attended a party. After his return flight to Nadi he became ill and was Fiji's first confirmed Covid-19 case on 19t...