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Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong stresses that the public must remain cautious about how they engage in the greater freedoms that they will enjoy. He says as already announced, as the second dose co
17,996 children in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of 24th of September. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they will be tracking their vaccine coverage rates once
Six new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded from 9th July to 24th September while there are 161 new cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the fo
Vaccination for children will start on Monday on Kadavu Island. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says vaccination is conducted by 5 teams from the Vunisea health team and 2 teams from the Kaval heal
Ovalau Island in the Lomaiviti group is a new area of interest after 2 positive cases who were under quarantine in the Levuka quarantine facility and tested on 20 September 2021 were reported as positive on 23 September
Vaccination of children aged 15 to 17 years with the Moderna vaccine will cease this weekend to allow the Health Ministry to take stock of the progress of the campaign. 14,680 children in Fiji have received one dos
The Fiji Police Force is urging Fijians to comply with COVID-19 health safety measures at all times and not be complacent this weekend as people continue to be given Public Health Infringement Notices. 206 Fijians
Fiji has 93 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. There are now 12,999 active cases. Fiji has recorded a total of 50,540 cases in Fiji since the first case was rep
As of the 23rd September 2021, 590,386 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the vaccine and 419,065 have received their second doses. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says based on our u
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says their quarantine protocols are currently undergoing review to define green list countries and/or areas and revise the pre-departure and in-country quarantine and tes
95.4% adults have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 66.8% are now fully vaccinated nationwide. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says as of the 22nd of September, 589,830 adult
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they have 4 COVID-19 deaths to report for the period from 21st July- 18th August 2021. Dr Fong says all four COVID-19 deaths reported are from the Central Division.
Fiji has 177 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8 am today. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they have two new border quarantine cases to announce today. The
5,430 market vendors out of 5,637 in the Municipal Markets have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Minister for Local Government, Premila Kumar says this means 96.3% have received the first dose whi
Two crew members of an inter-island shipping vessel have been issued Public Health Infringement Notices for entering a containment zone without proper clearance. Police say the two allegedly entered a containment z
Fiji has 72 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8 am today. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says there were no COVID deaths to report for the last 24 hour period however they ha
A total of 7,102 children were vaccinated over the last 2 days. Dr Fong says the 15 to 17-year vaccination program has been ongoing with much of the teething issues mitigated. He says the denominator for this
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the new target population of adults aged 18 and over for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign is 618,173. This is following the mop-up vaccination program
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the vaccination coverage rate in children will not determine the school starting dates. Dr Fong says a task force has been established to look at ensuring adequate
The Health Ministry has completed its review of the adult target population for vaccination and the revised coverage rates are 95.2% for one dose and 64.4% for the two-dose coverage. Permanent Secretary for Health
