Fiji, March 18 -- Fiji has confirmed its first case of COVID-19 Coronavirus.

This was confirmed by Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete on twitter.

"There is a single confirmed case of COVID19 in Lautoka that was imported from a patient who had recently traveled abroad. He was immediately isolated, where he remains under careful medical supervision.

Our team is identifying all those who he was in contact with. There are no locally transmitted cases in Fiji, but we are vastly expanding containment measures. Details are being finalised now. More from @FijiPM coming soon," he said on twitter.

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