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A new daily record has been set for Fiji as 279 new COVID-19 cases have been announced as of 8am yesterday while four COVID-19 related deaths have been confirmed. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong
Qauia Settlement in Lami will be on a 48-hour lockdown until 4am Thursday 24th June 2021. The Ministry of Health says the aim of the lockdown is to conduct rapid screening, tracing, swabbing and quarantine or isola
50,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of support from the Australian government has been delivered to Fiji. The Health Ministry says with the arrival of more vaccines, they will not only ramp u
Fiji has a daily record of new COVID-19 cases as Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong has announced 166 cases in the 24 hour period ending at 8am yesterday. Doctor Fong also confirms that there i
A resident of Korovou Town says she can see that villages are doing a good job in keeping children locked down in their bubbles. Lavenia Kaci lives and works at Tailevu Hotel in Korovou Town. She says normally
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to
The Transfusion Medicine Lecturer at the Fiji National University, Adriu Sepeti says our body needs the vaccine to fight against COVID-19 and prevent us from becoming severely sick or even dying. Sepeti made the co
The President of the Sikh Association of Fiji, Bayant Singh says he has been noticing some hesitancy among the younger generation to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as they are being negatively influenced by people overseas
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says while we have not seen high rates of hospitalisations and fatalities so far in Fiji, that could change if COVID-19 spreads further among more vulnerable segments of
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the main priority of the Australian Medical Assistance Team coming in will be on creating additional medical spaces that can offer non-COVID care to patients and st
The 7 day average of new COVID-19 cases per day for Fiji has increased to 105 cases per day or 119 cases per million population per day. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the increasing number
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms they have recorded 150 new cases in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday. 117 cases are from known clusters. 2 cases who presented to the FEMAT
The Health Ministry stresses that it will continue to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as the World Health Organization’s recommendations for the vaccine remains the same. In a joint statement with th
Head of the Vaccination Taskforce of the Health Ministry, Doctor Rachel Devi says Fiji is exploring the options on which COVID-19 vaccine will be approved for children by the World Health Organization as COVID-19 has al
43 percent of Fijians have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine while 2.1 percent of the target population are fully vaccinated. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this means 252
115 new COVID-19 cases have been announced for the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 12 cases are from new clusters: 8 of these cases are from Max Value
The 59,000 people who are due for their second jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine can visit any of the vaccination centres open near their area to get the shot. While speaking on the Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan pr
The Health Ministry is very concerned about the amount of misinformation that is currently out there for the public about COVID-19 and is urging people to get their information from the right sources. Responding to
The Head of the Vaccination Taskforce of the Health Ministry, Doctor Rachel Devi says based on the availability of the AstraZeneca doses, they are aiming to get almost 70% of the target population fully vaccinated by Se
A total of 9,067 Fijians from different areas have so far been registered to return home since the announcement on 29th May. This includes 4758 people from the Central Division, 1584 people from the Northern Divisi
