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Assistant Minister for Employment, Alvick Maharaj says COVID-19 and other potential workplace biological hazards will no longer be classified as emerging but prevailing health risks and employers are required to formula
The Health Ministry says to date they have had no reports of acute hepatitis (liver inflammation) cases in Fiji. The Ministry says they have been monitoring reports of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children
Fiji has recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says 4 new cases were recorded on 21st April, 2 new cases were recorded on 22nd April, 2 new cases on 23rd April, 1 new case
A 15-year-old boy from Tailevu has passed away from leptospirosis. The Health Ministry says he presented to Nausori Health Centre on April 6th and died on the same day. There have been a total of 36 deaths fro
The improved implementation model for the Government’s Free Medicine Program has been launched with one of the major changes in the reform that allows participating private pharmacies to use their own stock of medicin
The Ministry of Health says two worksites had reported positive COVID-19 cases in travellers however any potential outbreak was contained mostly due to rapid reporting by the workplace and test site provider and urgent
Six health facilities will pilot a organizational management system called 5S-KAIZEN-TQM which the Health Ministry says will lead to the improvement of the working environment, productivity, safety and reducing mistakes
Fijians aged 12 years and above living in the maritime islands in the Eastern Division will now be able to access Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at their local health facilities. This is after the Ministry of Health bega
The Ministry of Health is currently facing difficulties in ensuring doctors and nurses from the Ministry are well-taken care of when they are designated to work at a community health centre. While visiting the Nawa
The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide recall on the sale of certain Kinder chocolate products due to possible Salmonella contamination. They say members of the public are advised not to consume or purch
The Health Ministry is stressing that those who fail to comply with arrival testing once in Fiji will face a spot fine of $1000. As of 7th of April, all quarantine measures in Fiji were lifted. This includes
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are glad many people who are on their vulnerable list are turning up for their booster doses. Dr Waqainabete says this includes people over the age of 60 and th
India continues to support our health sector with medical supplies as they handed over more than $325,000 worth of Personal Protective Equipment, medicine for tuberculosis and the second batch of the Anti-Retroviral dru
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says their teams are in the process of understanding whether they need to learn more about the paediatric doses following confirmation that New Zealand has offered to give 50,
Ba Mission Hospital has been relocated to a brand-new Ba Hospital facility at Clopcott Street and will begin providing medical services from today. Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says this public-priv
Minister for Health and Medical Services Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says CT Scan services at the Lautoka Hospital are currently being outsourced to Zens Medical Centre in Nadi and if patients are referred by Health Min
The Health Ministry says the number of typhoid fever cases have exceeded the outbreak threshold in the Western Division where there have been 50 cases so far this year. There have been 83 confirmed cases of typhoi
There has been an increase in reported cases of suspected and confirmed cases of leptospirosis with 91 cases last week alone. The Health Ministry also confirms that a 35-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man from N
The Fiji College of General Practitioners has stated that they know of only one medical centre that has an agreement between the mentor and the mentee whereby on completion of the relationship, a specification to the fu
As of 31st March, a total of 117,528 individuals have so far received COVID booster doses. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says the booster dose has been approved for deployment at a reduced post-dose
