3,658 articles tagged "covid-19"
Minister for Defence and National Security, Inia Seruiratu says the four Divisional Commissioners have commenced work to identify and set up community isolation facilities in all divisions. They are currently looki
Saddam Sekh used to be a floor supervisor at a steamy Indian workshop in Mumbai that produced orders for an exporter working with some of the biggest names in luxury fashion, including Dior and Gucci. Day and night, he
Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says adequate warnings have been issued and Police officers will now be directed to enforce the laws and regulations under the Public Health Act. He says 37 checkpoints ha
FNPF has so far paid out $48,180 to 219 members as part of the lockdown relief and $35,765 was members own funds while $12,414 was topped up by Government. Acting CEO, Viliame Vodonaivalu says their teams continue
A grant of $10,000 and a GeneXpert machine used for the detection of the COVID-19 virus has been donated to the Health Ministry by Oceania Hospitals. The Executive Director of Oceania Hospitals Pramesh Sharma hande
While majority of the people are taking the COVID-19 measures seriously, some people around Suva and Nasinu are still moving around and not doing their part by staying home. It is concerning that many of those we s
Army Commander Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto says he understands that there is a lot of criticism coming their way and they will review the way they operate to ensure things are done better. In a message to all RFMF
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. James Fong says they are conducting house to house screenings and swab testing for all the residents in areas where houses are very close to each other. He says everybody livi
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says he will raise the issue of taxis passing between one containment zone to another, with the relevant people during the COVID Task Force Forum. fijivillage has be
Villagers and others within a containment area are permitted to go out fishing for their livelihood. This has been clarified by the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, in consultation with the Minis
Two new variants linked to the COVID-19 variant first found in India have been identified in England. Public Health England says the two variants share the same lineage but a distinct fingerprint of genetic mutatio
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama made visits on the ground to Police Officers manning the containment zone borders in Suva yesterday. Bainimarama says our Police are hard at work maintaining multiple containment
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says in a full lockdown no one except essential service workers move and it will be absolutely illegal for someone to stand on the side of the road or in a public spa
5 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Fiji while screening continued overnight after confirmation that a garment factory worker from Kalabu is one of the positive cases. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor
Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr James Fong says if someone is moving from their source containment area to another area to deliver food, fuel and freight, they have to be from a low-risk area and these people
Fiji’s fight against COVID-19 has received a major boost as New Zealand has offered, and Fiji has accepted, AstraZeneca doses for 250,000 people from New Zealand’s domestic vaccine portfolio. New Zealand Associ
The Health Ministry says they have developed new protocols around funeral arrangements. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says when a death does occur, they will allow the body to be transported to
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong stresses that gatherings are not allowed for the simple reason that congregations of any size can become superspreader events. He highlighted this after he saw some
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they believe we may be in the early part of a very fast-rising upward curve in COVID-19 case numbers. He says the case number 111, the man from the Makoi clust
The Ministry of Health has revealed ten locations where people may have come into contact with COVID-19 cases and a request is being made to you if you were present at one of these locations on the dates and times liste
