'Frustration and anger are starting to build': Fears COVID outbreak leading to civil unrest in Fiji

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As Fiji's COVID-19 outbreak grows to more than 2,000 cases, experts fear that physical, psychological and economic pressures may set the perfect stage for political instability.

"In the village, there are tensions that are rising where there are people who have lost their jobs and would want to go and plant cassava … but they don't have any land," he said.

"The number of calls that are coming in doesn't compare to the thousands of people out there who are finding it hard to call for help. We have always had this culture of silence that means it's hard for us to talk about what we're going through." "I could see stress, anger, frustration in people because they were held at one containment area. They could not access work, they could not access finances, they could not access help."

Meanwhile, the government was hoping its relatively successful vaccine program will bring the outbreak to an end.

 

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