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The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they are working to register all those that will be part of the first phase of vaccination for COVID-19. He says the priority group in phase 1 will include fron
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says there are currently 10 cases of typhoid in the provinces of Cakaudrove and Macuata in Vanua Levu. Dr Waqainabete says one cluster is from a person who had travelled
Members of the Fiji Emergency Medical Assessment Team will return to their respective homes today after serving in the Northern Division for 3 weeks after the devastation of TC Yasa. The team was away from their fa
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed there are six cases of typhoid in Vanua Levu and they are working with the patients and their communities to keep this curtailed. Dr Waqainabete says there
The Ministry of Health has today announced four new border cases of COVID-19. Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong says the 1st case is a 35-year-old man who travelled from the United Kingdom and arrived in Fiji on f
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed that at the moment there are no outbreak of any infectious diseases in the North as a result of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Waqainabete
The Ministry of Health says all COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved for use are effective in preventing a person from getting severely sick if infected by the disease however they are less useful when it comes to
Residents of Nadrau Village in Tavua and nearby communities can now consistently access immunisation services after maintenance works and the installation of a solar power system at the Nadrau Nursing Station by the sta
The University of the South Pacific has declared their campuses smoke-free. Head of USP’s Health, Safety and Environment Unit, Dr. Roman Chute says the aim of this project is to protect their staff and students h
Three people are still admitted in the CWM Hospital after the bus they were travelling in veered of the road and tumbled at Kiuva in Tailevu on Friday. The bus driver has been questioned and released. They wer
The Fiji Emergency Medical Assessment Teams have covered Bua and most parts of Macuata. This has been confirmed by the Minister for Disaster Management, Inia Seruiratu. Seruiratu says the Minister for Health a
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says they have identified the whole of Bua Province and southern parts of Macuata and Cakaudrove as highly likely to have diseases like leptospirosis, typhoid and dengue fever
There are three new border quarantine cases of COVID-19. They are a 32-year-old male and a 32-year-old female who arrived on flight GA8250 from New Delhi on December 21st 2020 and a 34-year-old female who had trave
The Ministry of Health has identified areas in the Northern Division that are likely to have an outbreak of Leptospirosis, Typhoid, Dengue, and Diarrhoea after Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Permanent Secretary Dr. James F
The COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce has announced that inbound passenger flights to Fiji will recommence from today with several new adaptations to border quarantine protocols. This is after the Ministry of Heal
The National Disaster Management Office says to allow the Australian Defence Force personnel to safely assist with the TC Yasa support, Fiji has reinforced its COVID-19 border quarantine protocols through carefully-supe
There were 16 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand over the past four days and all of them are in managed isolation. The Ministry of Health says none of the new cases are the new, more contagious coronavirus variant t
The wooden structured Tamusua Health Centre in Yasawa was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon. The Tamusua Health Centre provides services to the people of Tamusua village, Nabukeru, and Navutua and the nearby
Cases of the more contagious strain of COVID-19 identified in the UK have been confirmed in several other European countries as a vaccine is due to be rolled out across the continent. The infections, linked to peop
The COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce has announced the suspension of all inbound passenger flights to Fiji between Thursday, 24th December and Monday, 28th December this year. The Ministry of Health will use this
