3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Minister for Commerce, Faiyaz Koya says there is a growing voice of Islamic scholars that have concluded that one can get vaccinated in the month of Ramadan because vaccines do not nourish the body. Muslims fast du
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji has updated its guidance on how they plan to keep Fiji safe. Bainimarama says new evidence suggests that some people may face a very rare side effect of blood clot follow
2,160 Fiji National Provident Fund members who had applied for COVID-19 Phase 2 Round 5 relief have been paid today. Acting Chief Executive Officer Viliame Vodonaivalu says the Fund had to verify these members empl
The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji John Feakes says Australia is committed to exploring quarantine-free travel arrangements with Fiji when it is safe to do so. Feakes says they recognise that reopening travel
Fiji has 1 new border quarantine case of COVID-19. The new case is a 56-year-old woman who travelled to Fiji from Sacramento, California, arriving in Nadi on flight FJ1811 from Los Angeles on March 25th. The H
Oceania Hospitals Pte Limited says the Health Ministry is quite rightfully controlling the process of COVID-19 vaccination to ensure that the outreach program and manner that it is administered is managed. When ask
Fighting off COVID-19 is no easy feat for a 104-year-old, but imagine doing it twice like one Columbian woman just did. Carmen Hernandez was applauded by hospital staff as she was discharged after her three-week st
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and his wife, Mary have received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine today. Bainimarama says these vaccines are more than a shot in the arm, they are an injection of
Staff of Volivoli Beach Resort and Ra Divers Fiji have been receiving their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the last few days. Sales and Marketing Manager Simon Doughty says in close alliance with
The European Union's medicines regulator says unusual blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. After a study looking at 86 European cases, the European Med
There are fears that Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 crisis is being used as an excuse to carry out sorcery accusation violence as the number of coronavirus cases climb. The total number of cases has now passed 7400, w
Over 36,000 people have registered so far for the COVID-19 vaccination in the country and Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says registrations have picked up after more teams started going into the community
New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern says conditions for quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand have been met, and a bubble will start in less than two weeks. Cabinet met today to decide the
The Fiji National Provident Fund has warned employers that it will take action against those COVID-19 member withdrawals that have been falsified. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Viliame Vodonaivalu says the Fund n
Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for COVID-19 tests and vaccines, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative. Singapore will accep
Around 4,000 members of the Fiji Police Force will be receiving their first jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week. This includes staff in the Western, Central and Southern Divisions. Members of the F
India has stepped up its coronavirus vaccination drive amid a deadly second wave of infections. The country on Sunday breached the 100,000 daily caseload mark for the first time since the pandemic began. BBC r
The number of recorded COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea has passed 7,000, more than doubling in the past two weeks. The death toll stands at 61, with 49 recorded in Port Moresby. The Office of the Controller
The Indian state of Maharashtra will see tighter restrictions from today following a sharp spike in COVID-19 infections. A night time curfew will be enforced and the state will be under a full lockdown on weekends.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services will be rolling out the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations with approximately 50,000 people eligible to receive the 2-dose vaccine from this Tuesday. This group includes
