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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that from 4am today, 17th September 2021, the containment area borders will lift everywhere on Viti Levu, the curfew hours for Viti Levu will be from 9pm until 4am and eve
The time is yet to be confirmed for the official announcement today on COVID-19 and the lifting of the containment borders in Viti Levu and other measures after reviewing the restrictions currently in place. Perman
Qantas is preparing for international travel to recommence in a matter of months for the first time in almost two years. Australia's national carrier is now accepting bookings on services to London, Vancouver and S
Kadavu now has a total of 483 cases after 9 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says nine patients are currently admitted at Vunisea hospital, of which 4 a
Fiji has recorded 146 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8 am today with 69 cases from the Western Division, 68 cases are from the Central Division and 9 cases are from the Eastern Division.
The Health Ministry says the eligible children’s 1st dose vaccination is planned for rollout from Monday 20th September 2021 and the 2nd dose from Monday 18th October 2021. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr Jame
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says as of 14th of September 577,005 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the vaccine and 363,420 have received their second doses. This means that 97.5% of
Daku Resort in Savusavu is seeing 85% occupancy rate in the weekends after the introduction of $1 weekend deals and are now planning for local borders to open and travel to Vanua Levu to normalise. Resort Manager,
26 new COVID-19 cases have been reported on Waya Island in Yasawa while Beqa Island has recorded 10 new cases in the last 24 hours. There are now 58 cases in total on Beqa. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doct
There are 131 new cases of COVID-19 and one new COVID-19 death. The one death reported is from the Central Division. He is a 63-year-old man who presented to the Navua Hospital in severe respiratory distress a
59.6% of Fiji’’s target population are now fully vaccinated. It was earlier announced by the government that the curfew would move from 9pm to 4am and the containment areas in Viti Levu would be lifted when 60%
A businessman was issued a public health infringement notice for failing to comply with orders pertaining to the closure of business during curfew hours. Police say the man was allegedly operating a shop in Tuirara
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says when students return to school, they need to be protected and this means that along with the students and teachers, all ancillary staff, canteen operators and others who are as
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says a hard lockdown was discussed in April until they had seen the data that indicated that a 28-day lockdown would not have been effective. While speaking to Radi
The Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says long COVID cases will put a strain on Fiji's health system in the longer term but at the moment, the system is coping again after months of being stretched and
Strict movement restriction is now in place for Nacula Island in Yasawa after 21 COVID-19 cases were recorded by the villages of Nacula and Naisisili. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the posit
Kadavu recorded 8 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of cases on the island to 473. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says nine cases are admitted at Vunisea hospital; 4 are CO
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is sending a team of 20 healthcare and allied healthcare workers to Yanuca and Beqa Island this morning for 3 days. A total of 37 positive cases have now been identified
There are 127 new cases of COVID-19 in Fiji while 3 new COVID-19 deaths have been reported for the period of 10th to 12th September 2021. Two deaths were reported for the Central Division and one death was reported
As of 12th September, 97.2% of the target population in Fiji have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 58.3% are now fully vaccinated nationwide. This means 569,958 adults have received their fi
