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The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day for Fiji is a worrying 1039 cases per day or 1174 cases per million population per day. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says daily case numbers rema
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has confirmed 2 new COVID-19 deaths for 31st July and 632 new cases. The first COVID-19 death is a 35-year-old man from Newtown who died at home on 31st July. He wa
The Health Ministry is urgently seeking volunteers to donate blood within the Suva area. It says the blood drive which is being conducted at the Special Outpatients Department tents in the carpark behind Maternity
The Health Ministry's Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says 64 COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen support and 6 patients are on ventilators. Dr Tudravu says 332 COVID patients are currently admit
If you are over the age of 50 and have diseases like diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, asthma or are pregnant or obese and develop symptoms of COVID-19, then you should come to a screening cl
A 11 months old boy is part of the 6 new COVID-19 deaths announced by Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong while there are 1163 new COVID cases. The 11-month-old infant was from Delaivalalevu. He
304 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted to hospital while 53 of these patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 16 are in critical condition. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says COVID-19 community transmission within the Suva-Nausori containment zone is at a very high level. Doctor Fong also says the 7-day average of new cases per day
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms that there are 9 new COVID-19 deaths from 26th to 27th July and 1301 new COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today. The first COVID-19 dea
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says there is now growing evidence in terms of COVID-19 vaccination for children and they are looking at this. He highlighted this after SODELPA MP Salote Radrodro had su
A powerhouse collection of some of Fiji's best talent have come together to produce a song written by Seru Serevi to remind Fiji that we each have a role to play to fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. 'Stay Home, Sav
457,752 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 111,541 have received their second doses. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means that 78% of the target p
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 12 new COVID-19 deaths from 24th to 27th July and 1057 COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today. The first COVID-19 death is a 44-ye
At the urging of federal regulators in the US, two coronavirus vaccine makers are expanding the size of their clinical trials for children aged 5 to 11 years — a precautionary measure designed to detect rare side effe
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 11 new COVID-19 deaths from 22nd to 27th July and 715 COVID cases for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. 97 cases are from the Western Di
1,285 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the 24 hour period that ended at 8am today while 9 new COVID-19 deaths have been reported for the period from 23rd to 26th July. 1,083 cases are from the Central Di
626 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported for the 24 hour period which ended at 8am yesterday while 9 deaths have been recorded from 21st to 25th July. 79 cases are from the Western Division while the rest are fro
The Health Ministry's Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says 64 COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen support and 3 patients are on ventilators. Tudravu says they continue isolation services in hospit
The CWM Hospital’s Emergency Department is now open 24 hours a day. The Ministry of Health says Outpatient Services is open to treating all COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. People are being reminded to pr
440,361 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 96,357 have received their second doses. This means that 75.1% of the target population have received at least one dose and 16.4% ar
