1100 test kits and 1000 swabs arrived over the weekend, increasing the capacity to test for the coronavirus locally.

There were also just under 200 kits remaining from a previous shipment.

As of the weekend 23 local tests had been conducted by the Department of Health, all with negative results.

The department is only testing those showing with Covid-19 symptoms.

Meanwhile, with stimulus funding hitting the bank accounts of social security beneficiaries, the continued distribution of Gita food assistance coupons and reports of village visits by a gubernatorial camp, medical professionals have expressed concern that social distancing recommendations are not being followed.