3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says we will emerge stronger from TC Yasa and will come out stronger from this global pandemic and resulting economic crises. In his New Year’s message, Bainimarama says he remem
FNPF and the government have agreed to extend the COVID-19 withdrawals for FNPF members until March 2021. CEO Jaoji Koroi has acknowledged the government’s support as it continues to provide top-up for FNPF membe
The first reported US case of the highly-infectious COVID-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado. The patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, is currently in
Australia’s largest ship, the HMAS Adelaide has arrived in Fiji with specialised personnel, equipment and provisions to assist in the Fijian government TC Yasa rehabilitation efforts in the Northern Division. The
There are three new border quarantine cases of COVID-19. They are a 32-year-old male and a 32-year-old female who arrived on flight GA8250 from New Delhi on December 21st 2020 and a 34-year-old female who had trave
Six cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the UK have been confirmed in India. The six individuals who returned from the UK are being kept in isolation. India joined a list of ot
2020 has been a tough and challenging year for all as we faced some unprecedented crisis such as the global COVID-19 pandemic and Tropical Cyclones. We look back at some of the stories that made headlines during e
A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years. Zhang Zhan was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a frequent charge against activists.
The COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce has announced that inbound passenger flights to Fiji will recommence from today with several new adaptations to border quarantine protocols. This is after the Ministry of Heal
The National Disaster Management Office says to allow the Australian Defence Force personnel to safely assist with the TC Yasa support, Fiji has reinforced its COVID-19 border quarantine protocols through carefully-supe
The European Union has begun a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight COVID-19. BBC News reports the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the
There were 16 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand over the past four days and all of them are in managed isolation. The Ministry of Health says none of the new cases are the new, more contagious coronavirus variant t
Cases of the more contagious strain of COVID-19 identified in the UK have been confirmed in several other European countries as a vaccine is due to be rolled out across the continent. The infections, linked to peop
France has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK. The French health ministry said the person was a French citizen in the central town of T
The NBA has fined Houston Rockets star James Harden NZD $70,000 after ruling that he violated the league's COVID-19 protocols. The news came after video emerged of Harden partying maskless at an event. The v
A 37-year-old man who allegedly used an oxygen tank to beat to death a fellow Covid patient in his California hospital bed last week has been charged with murder and hate crime. According to officials Jesse Martine
Two cases of another "more transmissible" strain of coronavirus has been detected in the United Kingdom. BBC News reports both people had travelled to South Africa, where the new strain is linked to a surge in case
COVID-19 has reached the Antarctic continent, which had so far been free of COVID-19. The Chilean army has reported 36 cases at its Bernardo O'Higgins research station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The 36, 26 of
The COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce has announced the suspension of all inbound passenger flights to Fiji between Thursday, 24th December and Monday, 28th December this year. The Ministry of Health will use this
Australian states and territories have begun enforcing entry bans on Sydney residents amid a growing coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s largest city. The border closures outside New South Wales (NSW) have spoile
