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The Ministry of Economy has today rolled out a $10 million assistance package initially to support around 200,000 people affected by COVID-19 in the whole of Viti Levu. Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says this $50 go
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says the Grand Pacific Hotel, James Cook Hotel, Holiday Inn and Peninsula in Suva are currently being used as quarantine facilities. Doctor Waqainabete highlighted th
The Fiji Muslim League is currently distributing food rations to affected families in COVID-19 area lockdowns who cannot go to work and get income to provide for their families. Executive Education Officer of Fiji
The World Health Organisation has approved China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. It is the second Chinese vaccine to receive the green light from the WHO, after Sinopharm. It opens the door for t
Parts of the CWM Hospital in Suva and the Nadi Hospital are now on lockdown after positive COVID-19 cases were recorded. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms the first detected case is a patie
Over 2,000 Fijians have been registered by the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport who want to travel to Viti Levu from Vanua Levu and other maritime areas. Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Trade, T
With increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country and many people having no option but to go to supermarkets to get their grocery shopping done, Vodafone Fiji says they are working with banks and some major superm
Fiji has recorded 26 new cases of COVID-19 as of this morning, which brings the total number of cases to 394 during the current outbreak. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says all these new cases ar
As of today, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, in consultation with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade Tourism and Transport, has confirmed that all manual curfew and border passes issued and approved by the Min
Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu is making a plea to people to follow the health and curfew restrictions and avoid putting themselves in a regrettable situation. Tudravu says more people continue to disre
The World Health Organisation has announced a new naming system for variants of COVID-19. From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and In
The 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines provided by New Zealand is expected to arrive within the next three months. New Zealand will also be donating around $3 million to support vaccine preparednes
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms that 32 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded. In addition to the 23 new cases reported yesterday morning, there are 9 new cases as of 6 o’clock last nig
The Parliamentary staff will be swabbed after their 4 days isolation ends today. The Parliamentary Secretariat has confirmed that they will have to get clearance from the Health Ministry in order for parliament to
The Health Ministry has analyzed data this week from 82 people and found that they had 3,444 contacts among them. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this is why they ask people to go out only fo
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong confirms that they have recorded an additional 6 cases last night and another 23 cases this morning. 2 cases are from the Narere cluster, 3 cases are from the Waila
People in the Western Division can expect more assistance as the Australian Government will be providing $770,000 to FRIEND Fiji. The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, John Feakes says this grant will provide f
Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. James Fong stresses that we will find new cases of COVID-19 along the way that people would not expect. While responding to questions as to how two new cases of the viru
The Nasinu and Nausori Town Councils have temporarily reduced the working hours for salary staff who are mostly working in non-critical areas, where there has been a reduction in the workload since the implementation of
Acting Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu says they have turned away many people from checkpoints within the containment zones because they did not have any valid reason to travel. Tudravu says restrictions of mo
