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Omicron worry in Fiji

12:50 pm on 2 December 2021

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Health authorities in Fiji are urgently testing recent arrivals to see whether the new Covid variant Omicron is in the country.

The country reopened its borders to tourists yesterday.

Sources from within the Ministry of Health have told RNZ passengers and crew are isolating at a facility.

RNZ correspondent in Fiji Lice Movono talks to Worldwatch's Max Towle.