Fiji will be receiving more GeneXpert machines next week that are expected to boost our testing capacity and help our fight to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Head of Health Protection, Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says these machines are expected to be sent to divisional hospitals.
She says they do have a temporary setback at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control but going forward they know that their capacity to do testing will be spread across Fiji.
Dr.Sahukhan says they do have enough consumables to do COVID-19 tests and once the Fiji CDC comes back online, they will be back at full capacity.
She says at the CDC they have 15 lab staff who are dedicated to lab testing.
