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The Health Ministry’s investigations into the two unconnected clusters in the Ra Province may require more stringent measures in the near future. Permanent Secretary, Doctor James Fong says for now, Fijian
Non-essential businesses are still open in Navua despite clear directives from the Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong that only essential businesses like supermarkets should be open across the country apar
The Health Ministry has confirmed that the toll-free numbers 161 and 158 are back up and in operation. They had faced a technical glitch with these numbers earlier today, as a result of the high number of phone cal
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has confirmed that they have 30,000 food packs with them at the moment but they have the ability to arrange for more. People who are living within the Suva-Nausori c
Everyone who attended funeral in Tavakubu, Lautoka and the church service in Nadera have been found. The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says during the next 14 days, they will be screening the Tavakub
The Health Ministry’s Head of Health Protection Doctor Aalisha Sahukhan says 51,014 COVID-19 tests have been conducted to date with a daily average of 774 tests per day over the last 7 days. She says there has be
More than 500 employees of the garment factory will need to be reached by the Ministry of Health officials during the curfew period from 8 tonight to 4am Monday. The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong
The Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong says he had said on Thursday that there was a good chance a lockdown could be announced. When questioned why people were informed so late about the lockdown in the
Fiji has 1 new COVID-19 case following the screening of another 16,613 Fijians and another 1018 tests yesterday. The new case is the wife of case number 110, the first man in Ra who tested positive for the virus ea
A grant of $10,000 and a GeneXpert machine used for the detection of the COVID-19 virus has been donated to the Health Ministry by Oceania Hospitals. The Executive Director of Oceania Hospitals Pramesh Sharma hande
Villagers and others within a containment area are permitted to go out fishing for their livelihood. This has been clarified by the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, in consultation with the Minis
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama made visits on the ground to Police Officers manning the containment zone borders in Suva yesterday. Bainimarama says our Police are hard at work maintaining multiple containment
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says in a full lockdown no one except essential service workers move and it will be absolutely illegal for someone to stand on the side of the road or in a public spa
Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr James Fong says if someone is moving from their source containment area to another area to deliver food, fuel and freight, they have to be from a low-risk area and these people
The Health Ministry says they have developed new protocols around funeral arrangements. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says when a death does occur, they will allow the body to be transported to
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they believe we may be in the early part of a very fast-rising upward curve in COVID-19 case numbers. He says the case number 111, the man from the Makoi clust
The Ministry of Health has revealed ten locations where people may have come into contact with COVID-19 cases and a request is being made to you if you were present at one of these locations on the dates and times liste
The CEO of the Nausori and Nasinu Town Councils, Anurashika Bari confirms they are working closely with the Commissioner Central's Office in identifying and getting some schools ready that will be used as isolation faci
Police have made it clear that grog and liquor shops are not essential services and cannot open during this containment period. They confirm only liquor shops in supermarkets can open. Concerned citizens have
22 people from Nakalawaca village in Tailevu have been charged with failing to comply with the COVID-19 restrictions in place after they were caught while carrying a body and entering into the greater Logani lockdown ar
