3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Fiji has received a further 21,600 AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX. The Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong had earlier said they expect 64,800 of the 100,800 doses pledged by COVAX to arrive by June
Minister for Defence and National Security Inia Seruiratu says Divisional Commissioners are now identifying non-school facilities that can be used as community isolation centres. Currently, some schools have been
There will be no lockdown for Suva this weekend. This has been confirmed to fijivillage by Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong. Doctor Fong says they will strictly enforce the COVID safety guidel
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has assured the public that they are taking all the necessary measures to protect the CWM Hospital and everything they are doing at the moment is based on keeping the hospita
Social distancing floor markings have now been drawn up outside many of the major supermarkets, banks and post offices in the wider Suva area today. Many of the supermarkets now have people stationed outside to ens
Health Ministry teams contact tracing, screening and testing in many parts of the country Contact tracing, screening and testing are underway in many parts of Viti Levu today as the Health Ministry tries to establi
6,632 FNPF members have so far been paid $1.45 million for the COVID-19 lockdown relief, which opened on Monday 26th April, 2021. $1.16 million was members own money while $294,042 was paid by the government.
An initial 10,000 Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines have arrived in Fiji. The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, John Feakes says Australia continues to assist Fiji in its efforts against COVID-19 during this
The Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong says a whole of government effort is currently in place in response to cases of COVID-19 in the country. Dr Fong says they had a response and preparedness plan even
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they have protocols in place to separate the positive and negative COVID-19 cases at the Lautoka Hospital. Fijivillage had questioned Dr Fong if all measures ar
Fiji currently has 42 active cases of COVID-19 in isolation. The Head of Health Protection Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan says 9 are border quarantine cases, 29 are locally transmitted cases and 4 cases are under investigati
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says if the ICUs become stressed with high numbers of COVID-positive patients, they will be hard-pressed, like other countries with high rates of infection, to fully trea
The Health Ministry says non-essential businesses outside the containment areas should close. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the opening of these businesses are simply no longer worth the r
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says to cater for non-COVID patients, they are setting up a 150-bed Non-COVID Field Hospital in Lautoka. Doctor Fong says they plan to have this open in 48 hours t
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says following the worrying spate of cases among our healthcare workers, they are taking urgent steps to prevent more of our health facilities from becoming source points
Four new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed – three are locally transmitted cases while there is one border quarantine case. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the first case is another bor
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong will have a press conference on COVID-19 at 7.45pm this evening. Stay with Legend FM for updates. We will have live coverage on our website, fijivillage.
The government multipurpose vessel that is designed to provide both primary and secondary medical services to the maritime islands, MLC Veivueti and its crew will start to deliver medical services in Lautoka from today.
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission and Police are investigating an alleged brutality case involving a man from Loa Village in Tukavesi who claims that he was assaulted by eight police officers and a sol
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says moving forward they may explore other legislative frameworks to help them in making sure that people who need to be tested for COVID-19 are swabbed. This is after
