3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
A member of the World Health Organisation team investigating the origins of COVID-19 has defended the credibility of its work amid mounting criticism. Prof John Watson told the BBC that the trip to Wuhan, China - w
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered the country's biggest city Auckland to go into lockdown after the discovery of three new local cases of COVID-19. The measures will last three days and requir
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says COVID-19 vaccines are coming out of the laboratories and the government is making sure that Fiji will get its fair share to be able to vaccinate the people as soon as possible.
A South Auckland high school will be closed for the beginning of the coming week after a student and her parents tested positive for COVID-19. TVNZ reports that a pop-up testing station will be set up on site tomor
A Nadi based florist says although other businesses are suffering due to COVID-19, their business has flourished because a lot of people are not able to visit their loved ones in Fiji and are instead sending flowers to
A new trial is set to take place in the UK to test how well the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine works in children. BBC reports that some 300 volunteers will take part in this trial, with the first vaccinations
It has been 300 days since the last case of COVID-19 was detected outside border quarantine on April 18th 2020. The Health Ministry says there are currently no active cases. Fiji has had 56 cases in total, wit
The World Health Organisation recommends using the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca even in countries tackling new strains of coronavirus. Some new forms of the virus appear to
The World Bank has approved a $102.7 million loan to support Fiji’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 and Tropical Cyclones Harold and Yasa. The funds will be used to support the government’s COVID-19 relie
International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China. Peter Ben Embarek who is the head of the World Health Organisation mission
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says the focus on education for all, best health services and income support for the middle and low income earners will result in demand for goods and services in
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says what makes the current crisis painful is it’s uncertain nature, and he has told parliament that considering the damage done and the uncertainty ahead, Fiji’s Gross Dome
About 258,053 Fijians were living in poverty pre-COVID. This is according to the estimates in the 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey which was conducted from February 2019 to February 2020. The
South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against its new COVID strain. BBC is reporting that scientists say the new strain acc
Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says there is a lot of misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccines and people have claimed that the vaccines are a mark of 666, it contains meat products, and it contains fetal p
We can expect the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in phases throughout 2021 starting in the first quarter and the vaccination campaign will be implemented in phases according to the scheduled arrival supplies and deploy
Early trials suggest that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine offers "minimal protection" against the South Africa strain of coronavirus. BBC News reports a new study, not yet peer-reviewed, involved about 2,00
People are being urged to come forward and assist the needy students of Saint Thomas Primary School in Lautoka who are still struggling due to the effects of COVID-19. Vika Leger who runs a canteen in the school sa
New Zealand has so far provided over $5 million in assistance to Fijians who have been affected by the recent Cyclones In his Waitangi Day Message, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji Jonathan Curr says New Z
Athletes and officials will not be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in order to take part in this year's Tokyo Games. It comes as the International Olympic Committee published its first version of the Tokyo 2
