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A Bereavement Team has been set up to look at assisting families who are struggling to bury or cremate their loved ones. COVID-19 is really taking a toll on the mortuary as it is filled to capacity and families are
With many children now getting COVID-19 in Fiji and an unfortunate death of a 15-year-old girl from COVID, Head of the Vaccination Taskforce, Doctor Rachel Devi says discussions continue on which vaccines will be approv
The Fiji Trades Union Congress says it encourages workers to get vaccinated but states categorically that it is wrong to make vaccinations mandatory and a condition of employment. General Secretary Felix Anthony s
There is confirmation that Fiji has 3 new deaths from COVID-19 including the 15-year-old girl whose death was under investigation. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the 15-year-old from Colo-I-
An international human rights lawyer, Imrana Jalal says people can refuse the vaccination as it is their right and no person, not even the State can force you to take it but the State and the employers have the right to
The President of the Fiji Medical Association says in a pandemic when lives are at stake and where it is everyone’s responsibility to do the responsible thing to protect the population at large, the population’s rig
Save the Children Fiji CEO, Shairana Ali says some families they work with have been forced to feed their children sugar and water because they have run out of everything else. She says the entire tourism industry
The Fiji Law Society says it may be fair to protect the health of all people in a workplace and to require all workers there to be vaccinated however it may not be fair in other circumstances. While commenting on
Filimoni Vosarogo of Vosarogo Law Firm has highlighted that people can challenge the ‘no jab, no job’ policy that was recently issued by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in the High Court if they feel their rights
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians Coach Vern Cotter says there was not much consultation done with the players and it was probably better to go with a clean jersey against the All Blacks last night. The team was supposed
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong confirms that there are 506 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 COVID death for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. Doctor Fong says the COVID-19 death is a 55-y
The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians provided a tough challenge for the All Blacks but it was not enough as the All Blacks registered a 57-23 win in their first test match. This is the first time that the Flying Fijians
Eight people were arrested for failing to wear a mask in a public place in the last 24 hours while 3 people were arrested for crossing a containment zone. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says a 23-year-o
A new daily record of COVID-19 cases has been set as 860 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 COVID deaths have been announced for the 24-hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James
From the 1st of August this year or after that date, any employer or employee must not enter the workplace unless the employer or employee has received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine according to the He
Civil servants who have not received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine must go on leave from Monday and they cannot come back to work until they receive at least the first dose of the vaccine. While making a
People are raising serious concerns that COVID positive people are moving around in the community, there is increased loitering, people are not following protocols and some businesses including supermarkets are not foll
With the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Central Division, the Health Ministry has now set up more COVID-19 care facilities in the Suva area to care for the positive patients. 40 beds have been set up for fe
Nadi Chamber of Commerce President, Doctor Ram Raju says majority of the businesses in Nadi have agreed to the no jab no job policy because they believe that is the way forward. Dr Raju says Nadi being the tourism
791 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 COVID-19 deaths have been announced for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first COVID-19 death is a 61-year-o
