Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says our spirits are all lifted by the news that several newly developed COVID-19 vaccines are showing promise but we should hold in any sighs of relief for the time being.
While speaking during the Tailevu Provincial Meeting, Bainimarama says with widespread distribution of a vaccine still many months away, at best, we should expect things to get worse before they get better.
The Prime Minister says pretending otherwise would lull us into a false sense of complacency and it would have us forget the many good health habits we have picked up this year.
Bainimarama adds it also would put at odds with reality, including the dire position of the world economy, which has hit Fijian tourism hard, as well as other export-dependent sectors of our economy, like manufacturing.
Currently there are 61.4 million cases of COVID-19 cases worldwide with 1.44 million reported deaths.
