Charities have been working hard to deal with a desperate need for food and other necessities like baby formula, masks and medicine.
In the squatter settlements in the Nasinu district on the outskirts of Suva many people live hand to mouth at the best of times.
Now things are getting critical because people have been laid off during the prolonged lockdown, according to Usaia Moli, the president of the local branch of the Council of Social Services, a nationwide charity.
