3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. James Fong says the reason they did the food ration distribution in the Suva-Nausori lockdown area was because supermarkets were closed and basic food items would have been inacces
More CCTV cameras will now be installed at the border quarantine facilities to keep a watch on the contact taking place between the passengers and those manning the facilities. While confirming this, Health Ministr
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says he knows they will be distribute food rations all of tonight to people that have called 161 but whether they can meet everybody's need is another problem. H
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they will have to look into the non-essential businesses that were open and finalise an action plan looking forward. Doctor Fong highlighted this when questione
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they will continue to create more capacity to get more isolation facilities in the community. He says they still have room capacity at the Lautoka Hospital
The Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr James Fong says conditions of isolation facilities may not be ideal in the early phase of containment as the disease is not predictable. He has made this comment after
The two COVID-19 clusters in Ra are still unlinked to other existing cases while a call has also been made to those that played in the Malomalo 7s in Sigatoka on April 16th and 17th to call 158 as one of the Makoi cases
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 95 percent of the 877 contacts of the garment factory worker have been contacted, screened, and swabbed, including all of her closest contacts who shared her bus an
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the ministry’s progress in contact tracing, screening and testing puts them on track for the Suva and Nausori lockdown measures to expire at 4am tomorrow however
India has become the first country to report more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, as its nationwide vaccine drive launches amid a supply crisis. Some 3,523 deaths were officially recorded in the
FRIEND Fiji founder and CEO, Sashi Kiran has called on government to replicate the COVID-19 Food Ration assistance that is currently being done in Suva and Nausori for the people who are struggling in the West for the p
The Fiji Police Force has delivered 30 food ration packs to the residents of Cunningham today. The RFMF has also been delivering food ration packs to Fijians living in the Suva - Nausori lockdown zones. If
39 people were arrested for breaching curfew orders and failing to comply with the Health restrictions in the last 24 hours. The Western Division recorded 20 cases where 17 people were arrested for failing to compl
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. James Fong says they have most of the travel history of the man who had tested positive for COVID-19 and had traveled within the community in Nadi and Lautoka. The man and his
Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal. The health ministry said the ruling had been made "based on the
Health officials managed to screen and swab 95 percent of the group of people that they wanted to get despite the heavy rain experienced in the Suva-Nausori containment area This is confirmed by the Permanent Secre
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says one of the groups of people that they owe a lot to is the military who do a lot of the heavy lifting for them. He says members of the military have worked t
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong is urging everyone, if you, or someone you know, is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Helpline number 1560, or the child helplin
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the current commitments for the COVID-19 vaccine doses for the country can cover 484,000 Fijians. He says we need to cover 650,000 people. Doc
The Health Ministry’s investigations into the two unconnected clusters in the Ra Province may require more stringent measures in the near future. Permanent Secretary, Doctor James Fong says for now, Fijian
