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Consumers must comply with COVID 19 safety protocols when out shopping by downloading and activating the careFIJI app, wearing face masks and practicing other safety measures which has been mandated by relevant authorit
Daughter of hotel worker tests positive for COVID-19 Tavakubu funeral a potential super spreader event Health ministry searching for driver of grey taxi and driver of public mini bus A new COVID-19 case h
Testing and contact tracing for the last 24 hours and will not hesitate to increase the response - Dr James Fong. The soldier who tested positive remains in border quarantine facility. The contact tracing remains lim
Acting Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu is advising everyone to bear with Police and follow COVID-19 restrictions that have been issued on non-work gatherings such as social and sports activities and no religious se
Expect a press conference on COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health later at 4pm today. Stay with us for developments on Legend FM and live coverage on our website, fijivillage.
The Suva City Council has closed Suva Olympic Pool, Albert Park, My Suva Park and all other SCC’s sporting facilities until further notice. SCC confirms this is in line with the Prime Minister’s announcement.
Curfew hours will revert to 11pm to 4am in Nadi and Lautoka. Major events including the Coca Cola Games and graduation ceremonies will have to be cancelled for the next 14 days. Please wear masks, pick up
All schools will be closed from tomorrow for 3 weeks. Education Minister, Rosy Akbar confirms that they are taking this step as a COVID-19 precautionary measure. Akbar says they are bringing the holidays earli
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama will have a national announcement in relation to COVID-19 in Fiji at 3pm today. Bainimarama is currently meeting with senior government officials regarding the COVID situation in
A 53-year-old woman of Nadi who is a first-generation contact of the soldier that tested positive for COVID-19 has also registered a positive COVID-19 test result. The Health Ministry says this woman worked in a bo
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the soldier who contracted COVID-19 at a quarantine facility in Nadi is reported to not have left the site at any time during the transmission window however giv
The government will have a press conference at 4.45 this afternoon in relation to the border case of the soldier contracting COVID-19 from a Nadi quarantine facility. This case was detected yesterday. Prime Mi
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has confirmed that yesterday, they became aware of a new border quarantine case that could pose a risk of transmission beyond the border which requires immediate steps from everyone to
Minister for Communications and Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum confirms the government’s ITC Department has contained the cyber incident identified on the government network this week. He says the ITC Depa
More than 50,000 people have been vaccinated and all vaccination centres are closed for now. The Ministry of Health confirms the current vaccine supply has been exhausted. They earlier announced that this phas
SODELPA President, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau has called on the SODELPA Whip, Lynda Tabuya not to ramble on like a loose cannon however Tabuya has called for Ratu Epenisa’s resignation as he has not been able to unite the p
The Health Ministry is about to reach it’s target of vaccinating 50,000 people in the country to protect them against COVID-19 and the number of vaccination centres open today have been reduced compared to earlier thi
The two people who were allegedly hit by cane knives during a brawl at Mead Road Housing on the 3rd of this month have been unable to identify the people that assaulted them. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudr
Some foreign objects were found placed around the exhaust area of an A330 aircraft engine of Fiji Airways this morning at Nadi International Airport. The A330 aircraft was swapped with another plane after the incid
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete confirms that everyone that got their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will surely be getting their second dose in the next 8 to 12 weeks as they have kept i
