3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
The Ministry of Health says two worksites had reported positive COVID-19 cases in travellers however any potential outbreak was contained mostly due to rapid reporting by the workplace and test site provider and urgent
The Ministry of Health recorded 3 new COVID-19 cases ending at 8am yesterday morning. Of the 3 cases recorded, 1 case was recorded in the Central Division, 1 case was recorded in the Western Division and 1 case was
Fijians aged 12 years and above living in the maritime islands in the Eastern Division will now be able to access Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at their local health facilities. This is after the Ministry of Health bega
As of yesterday, a total of 120,173 individuals have so far received COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. The Health Ministry says the booster dose has been approved for deployment at a reduced post-dose 2 interval of
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says their teams are in the process of understanding whether they need to learn more about the paediatric doses following confirmation that New Zealand has offered to give 50,
The Health Ministry says all quarantine measures have been lifted. This means there is no more travel partner system and anyone fully vaccinated and shows a negative test can come into Fiji. It is effective fr
The Secretary General of the Council of Pacific Education, Govind Singh says there was lack of knowledge and skills amongst teachers to carry out distant assessment of students learning during school closure in the pand
The President of the Shree Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji says he wants people to celebrate Ram Navami which is starting from today, on a grand scale but he is also urging caution as the demon of COVID-19 has n
As of 31st March, a total of 117,528 individuals have so far received COVID booster doses. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the booster dose has been approved for deployment at a reduced post-dose
The much awaited COVID-19 vaccine doses for children aged 5 years old and up have been secured by Fiji as New Zealand has offered 50,000 Pfizer paediatric doses. Many parents were eagerly awaiting the vaccine doses
People can now get their booster dose three months after getting their second COVID-19 vaccine instead of five months. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says while people have been advised to obtain
New Zealand is battling another wave of COVID-19 with 10,239 new COVID-19 community cases today. TVNZ News reports there are 848 people in the hospital with the virus compared with 841 yesterday. There are 4 C
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong is urging people to get their booster dose and is stressing that the lifting of masking and other mandates and easing of travel restrictions is not a sign that the risk o
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says if you are at higher risk of severe disease should you get infected with COVID-19, they strongly recommend that you continue to wear a mask in public, particularly i
Minister for Transport Faiyaz Koya says many Fijians were so greedy during COVID-19 that they were using rental cars as taxis, and this needs to stop. The Minister highlighted this in the 2021 Annual General Meetin
Fiji has recorded 13 new cases of COVID-19 of which 5 new cases were recorded on Monday and 8 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday. There are currently 40 active cases in Fiji. Permanent Secr
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has highlighted that mandatory mask-wearing is still in place. Doctor Waqainabete made the comments after we raised the question on what is being done as many people
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says Fiji’s vaccination coverage stands at 87% for the population that is 12 years and over and the country has quite a lot of post-infection acquired immunity in the
All permanent market vendors selling in municipal markets around the country will now have an identification card following the donation of 8 new ID card machines and 13 laminating machines from the UN Women. This
The Health Ministry has received five vehicles and equipment from the Japanese Government and UNICEF that is expected to boost routine vaccination efforts for more than 80,000 children in the country. The equipment
