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Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are listening very closely to the story their screening and testing is telling them. Doctor Fong says at the moment, no policy response is off the table â
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong is stressing that people who ignored their restrictions and managed to move from containment areas on Viti Levu into non-containment areas should call 158 and self-is
School managements have been reminded that all ancillary staff, such as typists, gardeners, cleaners, librarians, handymen and bursars should be paid their full salaries. This is after the Ministry for Education re
The Ministry of Education has reported individuals to the authorities after they had discovered that these people were allegedly selling worksheets for students on social media. The Ministry is urging Fijians not t
35 arrests for breach of COVID-19 health restrictions was made by Police in the last 24 hours and this includes a 22-year-old man who was arrested in Lautoka for not wearing a mask despite being warned several times.
Lawyer, Jiten Reddy says he has decided that he will not represent suspended Referees Director of the Fiji Football Association, Rakesh Varman as he is the Vice President and a board member of the Fiji FA. Reddy w
19-year-old medical student, Anishil Visant Kumar is thankful to the Fiji National University for initiating the Student Bursary Scheme which has provided relief for 19 private students. Kumar says he is thrilled t
$2,500 worth of food packs and water has been donated to the Health Ministry by China Railway No.5 Engineering Group. The company says they have severely felt the health and economic impact of COVID-19 and hope to
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says today his thoughts are with all the mothers on the frontline including our healthcare professionals, members of the disciplined forces and other units that are supporting
Ram Sami and Sons Fiji Limited donated eggs to the Fiji Police Force who has been working with frontline officers in battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Ram Sami says the donation is part of their corporate social respo
The Ministry of Education has clarified that there will be no face to face examinations until the COVID threat has passed and adds they are disappointed at the Fiji Times for its article “School Examination Dates Rele
Affected families in the Lami, Suva, Nasinu and Nausori containment areas can now apply for the $90 government cash assistance. You can dial *161# to apply for the $90 assistance. People will need to provide
21,657 families in the Nadi and Lautoka containment areas have been assisted with the $90 government assistance. The government has topped up their MPAiSA and MyCash accounts. A government statement says this
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says his teams are stretched very thin at the moment. He says even if they all had every hour of the day available, that is still not enough time to send them
88% of the Health Ministry’s target population in Raiwaqa have been screened so far. Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says 39 individuals are in their four community isolation faci
The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says the Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team Field Hospitals at the old Government Supplies building in Natokowaqa and Nadovu Park in Lautoka will b
The Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport will be providing transportation for those people who wish to leave a containment area to travel to another containment area today. This was highlighted by th
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says people who have moved from containment zones into non-containment zones today will need to self-isolate themselves immediately. He says they are tracking thes
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 15 contacts of the nurse from the Raiwaqa Health Centre have been identified through the careFIJI app. He says their contact tracers have spent the past 24 ho
Ministry of Health's Head of Health Protection, Doctor Aalisha Sahukhan has confirmed that 12 COVID-19 patients have now recovered. She says this leaves 37 active cases remaining in isolation facilities.
