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Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms there are 12 new COVID-19 deaths for the period of 13th July to 19th July while there are 1,054 new cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
With the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases, severe cases and hospitalisations, the Ministry of Health continues to ensure that those needing COVID-19 care, medication, rations, and those needing specialist on-call
The CEO of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission, Joel Abraham is calling on people not to fall for fake news, not to believe the anti-vaccination messages regarding COVID-19, and not to believe those who are u
There are 15 new COVID-19 deaths from 12th to 19th July and 784 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first COVID-19 death
People who receive the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now receive their second dose after 8 weeks instead of 12 weeks. Head of the Vaccination Taskforce of the Health Ministry, Doctor Rachel Devi s
Concerns are being raised by some people who have gone for swabbing for COVID-19 at the Makoi Health Centre today as the COVID protocols are not being followed. We have been sent photos of people standing next to e
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed there are 13 new COVID-19 deaths for the period of 14th July to 17th July while 1,043 new COVID cases have been confirmed for the 24 hour period that ended
The government has announced that it will provide a monthly data top-up of $20 per month to domestic university students and Year 13 students to assist them in their online studies. It will partner with Amalgamated
1,180 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today while 5 new COVID-19 deaths have been announced for the period of 13th July to 16th July. Permanent Secretary for Healt
Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation President, Sandeep Chauhan says he would be surprised if businesses do not take advantage of the initiatives announced in the 2021/2022 National Budget because there are a lot of i
Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho will be returning to the country next week after graduating from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. He is the first ever Fijian and South Pacific islander who is a memb
Consumer Council of Fiji CEO, Seema Shandil says the Council is commending the Government for providing consumers with direct support through various policies announced in the 2021-2022 National Budget such as unemploym
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has stressed the importance of moving the economy and the country as a whole forward if Fiji reaches the 80% target to get the eligible population fully vaccinated. While p
The Government will continue to provide free water to households with an annual household income of less than $30,000 for up to 92,500 litres of water. Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the same goes f
With the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, severe cases and deaths, a Canterbury University statistician says Fiji's rapidly escalating COVID-19 crisis has overtaken the spread of infection seen in India at its repor
The rising number of cases continue as 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 have been announced for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong also confirms that there
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has made it clear that a COVID-19 positive person has to isolate for 14 days and they will get a clearance letter however those that are in quarantine for being a co
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 10 deaths from COVID-19 from 9th to 14th July and 634 new COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. The first COVID-19 death is
Ba district is still leading the vaccination rate of the first dose of AstraZenaca vaccine at 97.9% while their second dose stands at 7% of the Ba population. Head of the Vaccination Taskforce, Doctor Rachel Devi s
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says Fiji has now recorded a total of 12,032 COVID-19 cases and 59 deaths since the first case last year. 647 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 COVID-19 death have been c
