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Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong will have a press conference on COVID-19 at 6pm this evening. Stay with Legend FM for updates. We will have live coverage on our website, fijivillage.
Serious concerns are being raised regarding some parents who are still sending their children to shops and to do other errands without any masks. People are asking why no action is being taken as these children can
98 contacts of the two Lautoka Hospital doctors who had tested positive for COVID-19, have been identified, and many of these contacts are their colleagues who work at the same hospital, including doctors and nurses.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji says while progress has been made on the vaccination front considering that over 50,000 Fijians have received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the recent locally transmitted cases and
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong has confirmed that the nature of the work of the two doctors who had tested positive for COVID-19 had nothing to do with the Lautoka Outpatients Department. Doc
Two doctors who work at the Lautoka hospital are the latest cases of COVID-19 in Fiji which means we have 51 active cases. Another 1,736 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Permanent Secretary
Hundreds of people turned up at Prince Charles Park in Nadi today to get their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine as the Ministry of Health rolls out the next phase of their vaccination campaign which is also underway in
People are not practicing social distancing outside two supermarkets in Valelevu and one in Suva while social distancing is being strictly enforced outside Max Value in Flagstaff, Extra Supermarket, and Max Value opposi
6 people have been arrested after they were found playing billiard at Nacokaika Village in Naitasiri while three others were arrested in Cautata Village in Tailevu for drinking grog. 22 people were arrested for bre
The next phase of the COVID-19 Vaccination drive has started in Nadi, Lautoka and Suva this morning. People are being urged to come at Prince Charles Park in Nadi and Tilak High School in Lautoka till 6pm. For
The Health Ministry confirms that the Suva-Nausori Lockdown Zone will revert into two separate containment areas, the Suva Containment Area and the Nausori Containment Area, from 4am today. The rules for the conta
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the ministry’s progress in contact tracing, screening and testing puts them on track for the Suva and Nausori lockdown measures to expire at 4am tomorrow however
39 people were arrested for breaching curfew orders and failing to comply with the Health restrictions in the last 24 hours. The Western Division recorded 20 cases where 17 people were arrested for failing to compl
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong is urging everyone, if you, or someone you know, is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Helpline number 1560, or the child helplin
Two COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in isolation while an additional 25,064 Fijians were screened through the Health Ministry’s mobile screening teams and at screening clinics since Friday. Permanent Secretary
The Ministry of Health has revealed seven locations in Navua and Pacific Harbour where people may have come into contact with COVID-19 cases. A request is being made to you if you were present at one of these loca
The Health Ministry has confirmed that the toll-free numbers 161 and 158 are back up and in operation. They had faced a technical glitch with these numbers earlier today, as a result of the high number of phone cal
44 people have been arrested in the last 24-hours for failing to comply with curfew orders as well as breaching the COVID-19 restrictions in place. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says 18 were arrested f
Businesses like hardware shops and bottle shops are open in Ba Town. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong had highlighted last night that apart from the Suva and Nausori containment zones, for the rest
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has confirmed that they have 30,000 food packs with them at the moment but they have the ability to arrange for more. People who are living within the Suva-Nausori c
