12 Aug 2021

Fijians restricted from traveling to NZ

From Midday Report, 12:52 pm on 12 August 2021

Fijians are struggling to cope, afraid of speaking out against the government's handling of the pandemic. Travel from Fiji to New Zealand will be restricted from this weekend. Fiji is now deemed very high risk to New Zealand, and from midnight Sunday, only NZ citizens, their partners and children, will be able to travel from Fiji under certain conditions. There are more than 24,000 active cases of Covid-19 in Fiji, and there's been at least 317 deaths since the outbreak began in April. Worldwatch's Max Towle speaks to RNZ Pacific reporter Eleisha Foon.