3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama believes that any civil servant or employee of statutory bodies and government commercial companies should be dismissed if they are convicted of violating the government’s COVID-19 he
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has made it clear that the Suva lockdown which is scheduled to be lifted on Friday morning, can and will easily be extended if the government is not satisfied with the number of Fijians
A total of $8.36 million has been paid out so far by the Fiji National Provident Fund and government through the COVID-19 withdrawal assistance. FNPF Chief Executive Officer, Jaoji Koroi says $1.22 million has been
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho stresses that people who are being arrested for having grog sessions or drinking parties at home are those people who are having sessions with others from outside. Qiliho says fr
All the 37 fever clinics around the country are now operational seven days a week from 8am to 4pm at strategic locations. Health Ministry say during Tropical Cyclone Harold, all preventative measures were taken to
The Fiji Sugar Corporation has announced cost-cutting measures including Leave Without Pay for some staff and pay cuts for all employees after assessing the risks and impact of COVID-19. CEO Graham Clark says there
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the NRL will not be given any special arrangements to aid their ambitious plan to recommence the season in May. Morrison welcomed the NRL's efforts to restart the suspended season
The Health Ministry is aiming to screen more than 100,000 Fijians in the Suva containment area by Thursday evening to be able to give the policy advice to lift the lockdown. Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete sa
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete confirms that they are planning to have thermal cameras around Suva as work continues to control the spread of COVID-19 in Fiji and to ensure that the current patients are tre
Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s speedster Alasio Naduva is making sure he eats right, sleeps well and does daily exercises at home to stay active while in isolation. Naduva says isolation was a bit boring but now
The World Health Organisation says not all people who recover from the coronavirus have the antibodies to fight a second infection, raising questions as to whether or not patients develop immunity after surviving COVID-
All the 16 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Fiji are in stable condition and none of them have needed to use a ventilator. Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says this is because their clinicians on the grou
A village in Indonesia has reportedly taken to using volunteers dressed as ghosts to try to scare people into social distancing over the coronavirus. Kepuh village, on Java Island, started deploying the patrols at
117 arrests were made in the last 24 hours for social gathering, lockdown and curfew breaches including a police officer who allegedly failed to adhere to social gathering restrictions. Of the 117 arrests, 28 were
There are now 1.8 million cases of COVID-19 around the world with 117,569 deaths. This is according to the latest data by the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering by Johns Hopkins University. The US has
All 6 COVID-19 tests done last night have come back negative. Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed this to Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama this morning. There are 16 confirmed COVID-19 c
Fiji Men’s National 7s team captain Meli Derenalagi is among the health officials conducting house to house screening in the Suva Lockdown Area. The Naval Officer is part of the Mobile Fever Clinic Team that is c
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says it is disappointing that neighbouring families of the Nabua COVID-19 cases have breached their term of self-quarantine. Dr Waqainabete says there are 23 houses that
All Special Out-Patient Department services will not be available at the Labasa Hospital from tomorrow accept for all emergencies and delivery cases. This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health who states tha
With a total of 113 arrests made yesterday in breaches of social gathering, curfew and self-quarantine, Police Commissioner has reminded people that social gathering restrictions will also apply for picnic areas. S
