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a checkpoint is set up on the road to lautoka hospital, in lautoka, fiji, may 6, 2021. fiji reported the third death due to covid-19 on thursday, also the first patient who died due to local transmission of the virus. according to a statement by fiji's health ministry, the 53-year-old man had been admitted to lautoka hospital, about 24 km north of fiji's third largest city of nadi since april 19, when he was hospitalized for a surgical procedure. he was admitted to the intensive care unit (icu) on wednesday afternoon and tested positive for covid-19, before he died on wednesday night. (fiji sun/handout via xinhua)

suva, may 6 (xinhua) -- fiji reported the third death due to covid-19 on thursday, also the first patient who died due to local transmission of the virus.

while stressing that as this case has shown, the virus can attack anyone and with devastating consequences, the heath ministry urged the public once again to get tested if there is even a small chance they may have been exposed to the virus, to cooperate fully with the contact tracing teams and observe the practices that will keep fijians all safe.