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The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has announced that three of its staff who are part of the operations in the COVID-19 Incident Management Team have tested positive for COVID-19 which has also resulted in the
Speaker of Parliament Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has publicly reprimanded SODELPA Whip, Lynda Tabuya for breaching Parliamentary Standing Orders 29 A, Clause 2. Ratu Epeli has also put Tabuya on notice that any further repe
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed there are 28 new cases as of 6pm tonight and 5 of these cases are under investigation. 23 of the new cases are linked to the existing clusters. D
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has called on the Opposition to open their eyes on the support being provided to the vulnerable groups during this pandemic, support the frontline workers and to show some patriotism r
The Fiji Court of Appeal has today ruled that the State must select and appoint teachers on merit only and without regard to any religion or religious belief if it provides teachers to any school. In their landmark
The Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu has directed an internal investigation to be conducted concerning a magnet video which has gone viral on social media involving a few Police officers. The video is
There are 35 new cases of COVID-19. 22 cases were recorded yesterday morning while 13 new cases were announced last night. All the new cases announced last night are from existing clusters. 7 cases
Fiji has recorded another 22 new cases of COVID-19 as of this morning - this includes 14 cases from the CWM Hospital cluster and one new case that is yet to be linked to other cases or clusters and is currently under in
163,364 people have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca so far, and the Head of the Vaccination Taskforce, Doctor Rachel Devi says they will continue to rollout the vaccination on a daily ba
Parts of the CWM Hospital in Suva and the Nadi Hospital are now on lockdown after positive COVID-19 cases were recorded. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms the first detected case is a patie
Fiji has recorded 26 new cases of COVID-19 as of this morning, which brings the total number of cases to 394 during the current outbreak. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says all these new cases ar
The Reserve Bank of Fiji Board has reduced the interest rate from 1% to 0.25% for loans taken by financial institutions under its Import Substitution and Export Finance Facility, Disaster Rehabilitation and Containment
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms that 32 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded. In addition to the 23 new cases reported yesterday morning, there are 9 new cases as of 6 o’clock last nig
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong confirms that they have recorded an additional 6 cases last night and another 23 cases this morning. 2 cases are from the Narere cluster, 3 cases are from the Waila
Acting Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu says they have turned away many people from checkpoints within the containment zones because they did not have any valid reason to travel. Tudravu says restrictions of mo
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they have to strike the right balance to ensure that COVID-19 is managed by everyone and also try to get people to operate businesses and provide jobs and income.
Only essential businesses and those businesses approved by the Ministry of Commerce can operate in containment zones. While highlighting this, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism an
18 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Saturday and another 23 new cases were recorded yesterday. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says all of these cases are linked to existing clusters. 9 ca
18 new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday and we are now awaiting the new cases from 6pm last night to 6pm this evening. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong will have a
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has confirmed that the government will present the legislation to change enforcement of COVID emergency as soon as parliament sits which will allow for on-the-spot payment of fines for
