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Nausori Market has been cordoned off and staff of the Ministry of Health are currently doing screening and swab tests of vendors and staff. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has not made any comment
The COVID-19 vaccination drive will start at the Khemendra Central School in Savusavu today. The Ministry of Health says they are targeting frontliners, including private and public health care workers, defence for
The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says 31 patients have been seen at the Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team Field Hospital in the last 24 hours. He says 8 are currently admitte
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says based on the worrying rise of clusters and cases of COVID-19, he has been working with other permanent secretaries as well as the private sector on scenario-plan
There are 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Fiji. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. James Fong says all of these cases are from Makoi and are close contacts of case 140, the woman who presented to the Makoi Health Centr
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar is encouraging children to keep their spirits up during their extended school break and has asked parents to monitor how their children are doing to ensure that their mental health is t
The World Health Organisation has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a "variant of global concern". It said preliminary studies show the B.1.617 mutation spreads more easily than o
The Nausori Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it supports the call made by the Suva Retailers Association for a full lockdown as the closure of essential businesses for a short period of time will help in getting ri
48,000 families have been assisted with a total payout of $4.3 million through the $90 assistance program so far. Acting Permanent Secretary for Economy Shiri Gounder says 36,000 families have been assisted in the
Carpenters Finance opposite Downtown Boulevard in Suva is closed and is contained for screening and contact tracing relating to COVID-19. This has been confirmed to fijivillage by the Carpenters Fiji Limited Direct
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama and other cabinet ministers met Health Ministry officials in Toorak regarding the next steps to take in relation to the COVID-19 cases in the country. After the daily briefing, Ba
Coronavirus deaths have fallen to zero in England for only the second time since the pandemic began, as new research suggests Britain’s world-leading vaccine rollout slashes the risk of dying from COVID-19 by up to 97
As discussions continue regarding what steps will be taken in relation to the COVID-19 cases in the country, a number of people resorted to panic buying from this morning. Legend FM News witnessed people standing i
Suva Retailers Association President, Jitesh Patel says they are thinking a complete lockdown will flush COVID-19 out of the community. Patel says as the Permanent Secretary for Health has been saying, if people do
Police have sealed off Extra Supermarket in Flagstaff, Hanson’s and Shop N Save Supermarkets and nearby shops in Makoi this morning. Fijivillage has received confirmation that this is due to contact tracing relat
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong is confused why people moved from containment areas like Suva, Lami, Nausori, Ra, Nadi and Lautoka to non-containment areas as this was not allowed over the weekend.
Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong says the expiry for the new batch of COVID-19 vaccines are more friendly and the vaccination team is now coming up with another plan that will allow them to manage li
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says he has received a number of calls from concerned members of the community who have given them the location of people who moved from one containment zone to a non-co
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says if they call for a severe lockdown which goes for about 14 or 21 days, the public will expect that the lockdown must work. He says a severe lockdown has to be a
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they cannot continue to look for the source of the COVID-19 cases and if they cannot establish the source, the only course forward is to respond which is what they
