3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu has confirmed that there are no new cases at the Lautoka Hospital after screening the 317 staff as well as the 207 patients. He says the 207 patie
Fiji will be receiving more GeneXpert machines next week that are expected to boost our testing capacity and help our fight to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Head of Health Protection, Dr Aalisha Sahukhan say
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong believes they will be able to catch up with all the backlog once the Fiji Centre for Disease Control is back up today. He highlighted this when questioned if the closure
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they have identified red zones based on behaviour which are termed high-risk areas for COVID-19. When asked by fijivillage on whether there are options being l
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says it will require a longer course of lockdown if we are to eliminate COVID-19 from Viti Levu however they are using the initial 4 days lockdown to understand the data
Five more patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Fiji. Head of Health Protection Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says there are now 48 active cases where six are border quarantine cases, 29 are locally transmitted cases whi
As the Suva and Nausori lockdown period begins from 11pm tonight to 4am Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says at this stage, they have not made a recommendation either way on the lockdown
Fiji has confirmed one new case of COVID-19. The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says this new case is a household member of the Lakena cases reported earlier, and he was already in isolation at Navua
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong will have a press conference on COVID-19 this evening. The time is yet to be confirmed. Stay with Legend FM for updates. We will have live coverage on our
The food distribution program for people affected by the Nausori and Suva lockdown will be activated on Sunday 16th May at 12pm and people can make their request by dialing *161#. The Ministry of Economy says any r
The food distribution program for people affected by the Nausori and Suva lockdown will be activated on Sunday 16th May at 12pm and people can make their request by dialing *161#. The Ministry of Economy says any r
As the Suva-Nausori lockdown is set to begin at 11pm tonight, many families have been planning on how they will be spending their time at home and what activities they will be doing to keep themselves entertained.
Despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country and the increasing number of cases with unknown sources, the complacent attitude in the community continues as 36 people have been arrested in the last 24 hours
Minister for Local Government Premila Kumar says the Ministry is concerned that some market vendors still did not know the correct way of wearing face masks. Kumar says market vendors should cover their faces prop
Taiwan has donated the first batch of 10,000 surgical masks, 1,000 N95 masks, 50 gowns and 2 infrared thermal imaging cameras to Fiji in our efforts to combat the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases. The Taipei Trade Off
Beware of fake news as misleading information has been posted on Facebook that RB Jetpoint in Nadi has been closed after the Health Ministry’s directive. RB Patel Supermarkets General Manager Operations, Jignesh
Extra Supermarket in Flagstaff is now open with people lining up outside from midday today to do last minute shopping. An Extra Supermarket employee from Makoi tested positive on Tuesday and three of his co-worker
With less than 12 hours to go for the lockdown to begin in Suva and Nausori, people are still seen rushing to supermarkets to do some last-minute shopping and police were called to assist in certain areas in enforcing
More than 118,000 families were assisted through governments $90 cash payment program. The total payout was $10.6 million. The Acting Permanent Secretary for Economy Shiri Gounder says around 37,000 families w
The New Zealand Government has offered a grant contribution of approximately $60 million in budget support to Fiji in response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand’s High Commission
