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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator and Human rights activist Shamima Ali says it is disgraceful that ordinary Fijians with heart conditions have to contend with critical equipment at the CWM Hospital that is not w
The Health Ministry's fight against COVID-19 today receive a timely boost through the donation of one million dollars worth of sanitisers and dispensers from the Brisbane based Smart-Gen Australia Limited in association
A General and Interventional Cardiologist based at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia and former Fiji resident, Doctor Vijay Kapadia who grew up in Amy Street in Suva and has managed to secure an angiogram
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says it is a sad fact that nearly all COVID-19 deaths in this 3rd wave so far were at home without any treatment in a care facility. Dr Waqainabete says this variant
A General and Interventional Cardiologist based at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, Doctor Vijay Kapadia who grew up in Amy Street in Suva, has managed to secure an angiogram and cath lab equipment for t
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong has confirmed to fijivillage that the angiogram and cath lab equipment has not been working at the CWM Hospital. This follows information received from a concerned f
329 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the Health Ministry since Saturday. 142 new cases were recorded on Sunday and 187 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday. 213 cases were recorded in
The Fiji Airways men’s and women’s 7s teams are now on the third day of their 7-day isolation as both sides aim to play in the Seville 7s next week. Both teams were supposed to fly out to Spain on Saturday for
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says they are exploring options to transition from hotel stay to home-stay for travellers from travel partner countries. Dr. Fong says this will require a broad networ
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says their booster dose deployment program has been slowed down by the urgent need to safeguard the welfare of their medical staff by ensuring that they get some rest and a
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says they have not recorded any admissions in the paediatric age group to date for COVID-19 however, if community transmission is not suppressed, the number of paediatric C
733 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded since the 12th of this month. The Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says of the 733 cases recorded since the last update, 349 cases were recorded in the Ce
There are 9 new COVID-19 deaths bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths recorded since confirmation of the third wave to 33. The death rates for the Central, Western, and Northern Divisions are indicating an u
1,400 COVID-19 antigen detection rapid diagnostic test kits have been donated by UNICEF to the Ministry of Health to boost our testing capacity. This will be able to cover 35,000 COVID-19 tests and is part of UNICE
WHO labels new COVID strain named omicron a variant of concern
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says education is important and they need to protect that space and make sure that the space around it is protected so that it becomes a low risk space. While respo
Permanent Secretary for Heath Doctor James Fong says if you do test positive or develop COVID-like symptoms, their advice is that you self-isolate at home for seven days. He says positive people should begin their
The Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the Ministry will investigate the matter where a wrong body was given by the Suva Morgue Services to a Navua family who had unknowingly performed the final rite
The Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says he is aware of the incident where the body of a man from Ba was given to another family in Navua by mistake on Wednesday by the Suva Morgue Services at the CWM
The Fiji Rugby Fun Flavor Super 7s Series, Veiyasana Provider 7s tournament and the Netball Fiji Super Club Championship have been postponed due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The Ministry of You
