Staff and patients at Fiji's main healthcare facility in the capital Suva, the Colonial War Memorial Hospital were without food for most of Thursday as Covid-19 infections crept into the facility's kitchen. Fiji health authorities on Thursday announced another record high daily infections with 431 new confirmed cases of the virus and two deaths in the 24 hours until 8am on Thursday (local time). RNZ Pacific spoke to staff and patients at the hospital who said there were no meals for most of the day across the 500-bed hospital. READ MORE:* Fiji Covid-19: 431 new cases and two deaths* Covid-19: Fiji plans to slow the coronavirus spread, rather than halt it* Covid-19 in Fiji: Misinformation and flouting of restrictions as outbreak worsens* Covid-19: Fiji records 262 more cases, 7.4 per cent positivity rateFiji Government/Facebook Health checks being carried out in Fiji in an effort to combat Covid-19. (File photo)It is understood that two staff members in the hospital kitchen tested positive on Wednesday night and the kitchen could not operate to serve breakfast and lunch hour meals.

Source: Stuff July 02, 2021 03:22 UTC