Fiji's Covid-19 crisis escalates, NZ and Australia assist

06:02 am on 24 June 2021

Fiji was once first in line for a travel bubble with New Zealand and Australia.

But now the Pacific island nation is grappling with an escalating Covid-19 crisis.

There are now over 1,500 Covid-positive people with the Delta variant who have gone into isolation in Fiji since April.

Christine Rovoi has more.

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Australian Medical Assistance Team leaving for Fiji. Photo: NZHC and AUSHC.