One of Fiji's latest cases of COVID-19 is a man who had travelled from Auckland last month.
On Thursday, Fijian officials confirmed the Pacific Island had recorded four new cases of the virus, bringing its total number of active infections to 42.
The 22-year-old Tongan national arrived in Nadi on flight FJ1410 from Auckland on April 22.
According to a statement by the Fijian government, the man is a travelling partner of a previously announced case detected in a quarantine facility.
"The fourth case is a border quarantine case, a 22-year-old male Tongan national who was repatriating to Tonga from Guyana," the government said via its social media platforms.
"This was the last inbound commercial passenger flight before inbound international passenger travel was halted. He is the travelling partner of a previously announced border quarantine case (case 115)."
The three others are a 47-year-old nurse and her 51-year-old husband, and a 25-year-old nurse who is considered a locally acquired infection.
Of the 42 active cases, nine have been detected at the border in a quarantine facility. Twenty-nine are locally acquired, and four are under investigation.
Fiji has had 129 cases in total, with 84 recoveries and three deaths, since its first case was reported on March 19, 2020.
Fiji's health system is struggling to cope with the outbreak.
Dr James Fong, the permanent secretary of health, says one of their hospitals has been cordoned off and closed to the public.
Fiji's Lautoka Hospital has turned into a tightly-contained care facility, with all staff who have been in contact with the virus isolating inside.
All medical services are being re-routed to other regional hospitals.
