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The Education Ministry is yet to confirm if further discussions will be held with the Health Ministry about the re-opening of schools next week following confirmation by Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong
The Health Ministry has announced that effective from 1 January 2022, all travellers from travel partner countries, 12 years and above must now produce a negative PCR test taken no more than 2 calendar days prior to the
400 people in the Australian state of New South Wales were mistakenly told they did not have COVID-19 but had tested positive. A Sydney lab initially admitted that it had erroneously told 400 people on Christmas D
With an indication by the Health Ministry of escalating levels of COVID infection in the community, the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong is making it clear that you must isolate yourself from others if y
The United States has halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic Covid infections from 10 to five days. The Centres for Disease Control said that this must be followed by five days of wearin
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly globally and especially so in the European and Americas region and throughout Africa. Dr Fong says the new highly transmis
There have been more Covid-related flight cancellations globally as the week starts, capping off a miserable festive period for thousands of people. More than 2,200 flights have been scrapped on Monday, with Chines
The Health Ministry says 21 COVID positive patients are currently admitted in hospital. 12 are in the Central Division while 9 are in the Northern Division. Fiji has recorded a total of 208 new cases, of which
Players from both England and Australia all returned negative Covid-19 PCR tests before the start of the third day of the third Ashes Test. The families of both sets of players also undertook PCR tests and they too
Health care staff in the North have escalated the measures in place aimed at protecting residents of Vanua Levu from the severe effects of COVID-19. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the widesp
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says there is an indication of escalating levels of infection in the community and they are also aware of an increase in evidence of positive cases in the community with
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the possibility of reintroducing earlier curfews, placing more restrictions on gatherings and escalating masking mandates is always under consideration. He stre
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are working on the assumption that the Omicron variant is already in Fiji and is being transmitted within the community. He says they expect that genomic s
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says there are currently 65 definite active cases of COVID-19 in Suva, however they are sure that this is an underestimate and there are many more cases. He says th
COVID-19 vaccination sites are open today and tomorrow from 9am to 2pm. You can check out our website fijivillage for the vaccination sites. If you are aged 18 years and above you are eligible to receive the C
Several people are being tested for COVID-19 after some positive cases were confirmed at a restaurant in Suva. The positive cases were confirmed after an event at the restaurant on Wednesday night. We have co
FRIEND Fiji is meeting with disaster committees in Vitogo on a weekly basis to help plan and try to facilitate resources needed for ongoing disaster preparedness. They had conducted a survey in 15 communities in t
The COVID-19 vaccination programme will be operational tomorrow and on Tuesday. Ministry of Health says they will provide booster dose for individuals aged 18 years and above, first and second dose of the vaccine f
FRIEND Fiji Founder and CEO Sashi Kiran says Christmas is a time to pray and share love across different ethnic groups. Kiran is also calling on people to share whatever they can with the underprivileged as the NG
Local artist, Atueta Rabuka commonly known as Tuets has teamed up with the International Committee of the Red Cross for the #ConsiderTheBiggerPicture campaign, calling for vaccine equity. Rabuka says it is common
