3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Expect the prices of goods and services to rise due to increasing food and oil prices and other factors like border restrictions and COVID protocols. The Reserve Bank of Fiji says rising global food and crude oil p
New Zealand is sending 100,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses and additional financial support to Fiji for nursing staff. NZ’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says New Zealand has funded 100,000 doses of the A
Front-liners working at the FEMAT Field Hospital have received 50 cartons of Aquasafe bottled water through Sai Prema Foundation and Pleass Global Limited. Sai Prema Foundation Treasurer Pratin Lal says this is a
Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says they will be setting up snap checkpoints throughout the divisions as officers continue to conduct community visitations as well as keeping a close eye on business operator
10 more medical personnel have arrived from Australia and New Zealand to help Fiji battle the spread of COVID-19. They are part of Team Charlie that will be based in Suva to assist the frontliners. This is the
Digicel has donated hygiene and sanitation products worth $8,000 to the Ministry of Health in support of their community outreach program in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Digicel says items include adul
The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day is a worrying 1013 cases per day or 1145 cases per million population per day, and the Western Division is now seeing an increasing number of severe cases and deaths.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 13 new COVID-19 deaths from 29th July to 1st August and 1100 new COVID cases. 7 of the deaths were in the Central Division and 6 were in the West.
Prominent lawyer Jon Apted says he is very much in favour of vaccination and an advocate for people to take the vaccine. Apted highlighted this while speaking on Fiji Law Society's virtual discussion on “To Jab o
484,629 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 144,190 people have received their second dose. This means that 82.6 percent of the target population have received at least one do
The Chief Financial Officer of Lyndhurst Pte Ltd Manoa Kamikamica is calling on the iTaukei in Fiji to get vaccinated as 200 of their iTaukei workers are currently not working because they do not want to get vaccinated.
The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day for Fiji is a worrying 1039 cases per day or 1174 cases per million population per day. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says daily case numbers rema
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 2 new COVID-19 deaths for 31st July and 632 new cases. The first COVID-19 death is a 35-year-old man from Newtown who died at home on 31st July. He wa
421 household packs were delivered by the government to families in home isolation in the Lami, Suva, Nasinu, Nausori, Nadi, Lautoka and Ba areas yesterday. This includes 335 packs that were distributed in areas of
The Ministry of Economy is urging Fijians to observe COVID-19 safety protocols such as wearing of masks and physical distancing when rations are delivered to them by their teams. The Coordinator for supply and dist
There are currently 294 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital - 56 patients are in severe condition and 11 in critical condition. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 28 patients are admitted at
482,175 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 140,184 people have received their second dose. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 82.2 percent
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed there are 6 new COVID-19 deaths from July 29th to 30th while there are 1,121 COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today. The first CO
The NRL has announced that all games for today have been called off and all 16 clubs have been placed on Level 4 biosecurity protocols in the wake of the Queensland government announcing a snap three-day lockdown this m
A Middlemore Hospital worker in Auckland is in quarantine following a "PPE protocol incident" relating to the management of a COVID-19 patient who was flown from Fiji to New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald reports
