3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Following the Airports Council International’s official announcement that the COVID-19 outbreak could have a revenue loss of US$3 billion for airports in the Asia Pacific region, Fiji Airports CEO Faiz Khan has said t
Qantas says it will be reducing capacity by almost a quarter for the next six months due to fears over COVID-19. ABC News reports eight of the airline's A380s will be grounded and two are already undergoing scheduled m
As the world tries to deal with the rising number of cases of COVID-19, one of the world’s experts who led the fight against the SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus and Dean of Medicine at the University o
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says if Fiji had a confirmed case of COVID-19 now they are ready to deal with it as their preparation level has been heightened from the start. Waqainabete says so far th
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams discussed some specific data that shows who is at risk for novel coronavirus. Adams says people over the age of 60 are much more likely to develop complications from the coronavirus
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says the significance of Holi is of greater importance to all the people of Fiji this year as they prepare to strengthen themselves against social and economic de
Everyone arriving in Israel will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days to combat coronavirus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that all those arriving in Israel from abroad will be placed in iso
The President of the Fiji Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Doctor Nur Bano Ali says the next 3 to 4 months may see some smaller business suffering quite seriously due to supplies getting affected from China and reduced
The 21st IIFA Awards which was scheduled to be held later this month in Bhopal, the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been postponed in wake of the Covid-19 virus scare in the country. The new date has not
The number of people to have died from the coronavirus in Italy has shot up by 133 in a day to 366. The total number of infections leapt 25% to 7,375 from 5,883, according to the Civil Protection agency. The j
The Catholic Church of Fiji has announced precautionary measures against Covid-19 ( Coronavirus). In an advisory, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong says all Holy Water will be removed from fonts in Churches and all Holy C
Ten people died after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapsed Saturday night in southeastern China. Eighty people were inside the building when it came down. Nine escaped, while 71 people
Italy's Prime Minister has said at least 16 million people are in mandatory quarantine in Lombardy region and also in 14 provinces. The lock-down will last until early April. The dramatic escalation in the cou
NBA star, LeBron James says he would refuse to play if the Los Angeles Lakers had to stage games behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak. The NBA asked teams to start preparing for the possibility o
A pet dog in Hong Kong has a “low-level†OF COVID-19, in what may be the first known human-to-animal transmission of the virus that has sickened more than 100,000 people worldwide. The case has raised the spect
About 70 people were trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed. Officials say about 40 of the 70 have been pulled from the rubble of the five-st
The death toll from the coronavirus in Italy has risen to 197 after the largest daily increase in fatalities there since the outbreak began. Officials said 49 people had died in 24 hours, while more than 4,600 cases ha
The Fijian Government says they have continued to closely monitor the global spread of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) and has widened its existing travel restrictions to cover all foreign nationals who have been prese
A public school in Sydney was closed today after a 16-year-old student had tested positive for coronavirus. The patient is in Year 11 at Epping Boys High School in Sydney’s northwestern suburbs. In a stateme
Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Premila Kumar says the concern is growing over the economic damage caused by the Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak globally and Fiji must prepare itself for the worst time ahead
