3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government is prepared to remain at Alert Level 3 for longer than two weeks if that was required. New Zealand is set to move to alert level 3 at 11.59pm tonight, reducing
There has been one more death due to the coronavirus in New Zealand, bringing the total to 19. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, who was a resident at St
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team has joined the fight to help contain the spread of COVID-19. In a video message, coach Gareth Baber and players like Jerry Tuwai, Meli Derenalagi and Terio Tamani are givin
The NRL will investigate Melbourne Storm speedster Josh Addo-Carr and South Sydney Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell after the duo were photographed appearing to ignore social distancing rules during a trip to the NSW mid
Spain, which has been one of the countries worst hit in the coronavirus pandemic, has reported its lowest daily death toll in more than a month. Its health ministry said earlier that 288 more people had died of the
Poison control centres in the United States saw a spike in calls regarding questions about disinfectant use after US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that injecting disinfectant might help treat the Covid-19.
Legendary actor Tom Hanks has a new penpal: an 8-year-old Australian boy called Corona, who says he has been bullied because of his name. Corona DeVries, from Queensland, first wrote to the actor and his wife, Rita
There is a further relaxation of the health directives as gatherings of 20 or fewer people will be allowed from today. However Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has confirmed that even one new confirmed case can
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has tweeted that he has already received the best birthday gift this morning after the confirmation that Fiji now has only 7 active cases of COVID-19 and there have been zero new cases.
The World Health Organisation says governments should not issue so-called "immunity passports" or "risk-free certificates" as a way of easing lockdowns. It said there was "no evidence" that people who had developed
The Director of the US Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Doctor Anthony Fauci has warmed people's hearts during his appearance on Will Smith's Snapchat talk show series, Will From Home. He spoke to the H
More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died from the COVID-19 virus and there are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases according to Johns Hopkins University. It comes after the number of fatalities in the US
Fiji Airways domestic subsidiary, Fiji Link will resume daily flights to and from Labasa from today. Fiji Airways Group Managing Director and CEO, Andre Viljoen says this is in line with the lifting of inter-island
The Grace Road Church is claiming in a paid advertisement in the Fiji Sun that the reason for the COVID-19 outbreak is the unjust persecution, imprisonment and slandering of its leader Reverend Okjoo Shin as a cult. It
USD$300,000 has been provided by the People’s Republic of China to the Fijian Government to assist in their response to the COVID-19 crisis. Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo says work is also in progress to a
A brief survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wider Fijian business community is being done by the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism, and Transport and the International Finance Corporation. Perma
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says it is important for people to know that they still have to maintain physical distancing if they are at a picnic or even at home grogging with others from Monday when social gathe
The US COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 50,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. BBC News reports more than 3,000 deaths came in the last 24 hours, and there are now over 870,000 confirmed cases na
58 people were arrested by Police in the last 24 hours for allegedly failing to comply with COVID-19 restrictions and 43 of those arrests were in relation to social gathering breaches. Police confirm most of the ar
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says for them in policing it is not just about COVID-19 because there are other social issues they have to be aware of as a lot of people are out of jobs. He says people will see
