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FRIEND Fiji attended to 43 emergency calls in Lautoka yesterday with 15 mothers urgently needing baby milk and the rest of the families who had no food at all. This week they have provided 420 packets of Lactogen b
A sudden loosening this past week of federal health guidance on masks has handed Americans a new calculation to make. And it is not just one calculation, but a maze of many. As people walked through their days, hour by
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has thanked everyone within the Suva Nausori lockdown zone for staying home this weekend. Dr. Fong says your time at home is being used efficiently by his teams to
The Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and has resumed processing COVID-19 tests from last night. Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says all remaining staff have continued to
Fiji has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19. The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they have confirmed these new cases through their testing at other facilities throughout Fiji. Doctor Fon
There are concerns raised by some residents of Navua about some people who do not know the correct way of wearing face masks. They say these people are wearing the mask as mouth guards and not covering their noses
The only people seen in Suva City today apart from police and security guards are the homeless that are sitting and sleeping at the Suva Bus Stand. When questioned by fijivillage on what are police doing to ensure
Rakiraki Chamber of Commerce and Industry President, George Shiu Raj says all protocols set by the Permanent Secretary for Health are being followed by the people of Rakiraki Town. He says people are social distanc
While Suva and Nausori has been under lockdown since 11pm last night, a lot less people are out and about in Lautoka and Nadi containment areas. Nadi based businesswoman, Rina Kumar says about 6 major supermarkets
The President of the Labasa Chamber of Commerce Satish Kumar says it is an unusual Saturday as there are not many people in Labasa Town and supermarkets are also not crowded. Kumar says some people have now decided
There is heavy police presence on the roads in the Suva lockdown area. Police are patrolling in many residential and city areas with no one else seen walking around. Fijivillage saw police trucks and four-whee
All shops are closed and the streets are empty in Nausori Town. The Special Administrator of the Nausori Town Council, Uma Kant Patel says they are aware that police officers are monitoring the town and residential
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has conveyed his appreciation to Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison for Australia’s unprecedented commitment and support to Fiji's response and recovery from COVID-19. Du
The Fiji National Provident Fund has extended the deadline for contribution payments to 31 May 2021, in response to the lockdown restrictions. FNPF says they understand many businesses were shut down to comply with
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the woman from the recent Makoi cluster that passed away and her family were assessed by the screening team two weeks ago but did not meet the swabbing criteria.
An additional 10,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have arrived from Australia. Australia's High Commissioner to Fiji, John Feakes says they are pleased to announce this second delivery of Australia-made AstraZe
It has been stressed by the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong that there was no glitch with the careFIJI app in relation to contact tracing for the positive COVID-19 cases at Extra Supermarket. He s
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has conveyed his appreciation to New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for New Zealand’s timely support to Fiji. The New Zealand Government has offered Fiji a grant co
The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu has confirmed that there are no new cases at the Lautoka Hospital after screening the 317 staff as well as the 207 patients. He says the 207 patie
Fiji will be receiving more GeneXpert machines next week that are expected to boost our testing capacity and help our fight to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Head of Health Protection, Dr Aalisha Sahukhan say
