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Minister of Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has commended local companies for coming up with innovative ways to help the Ministry battle COVID-19. Dr Waqainabete says there has been an increase in local manufact
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji has cleared the last of our active COVID-19 patients. Bainimarama tweeted that with no deaths, our recovery rate is 100 percent. He says even with our testing number
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says it is important to understand that we have a role to play to ensure that there is not a second or third wave of the COVID-19. Dr. Waqainabete made this comment while rec
About 3,000 operations have been done at the CWM Hospital from January to April this year and 5 out of the 8 operation theatres are currently functioning at the hospital. This has been confirmed by the Minister fo
Ranjit Garments has handed over a total of 3,207-bed sheets, 3,263 pillowcases and 335 blankets to the Ministry of Health Incident Management Unit this week. This donation was handed over by Ranjit Garment’s Oper
$50,000 worth of hygiene and cleaning products has been donated by Fiji Chemicals to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to support their efforts against COVID-19. The products donated include 120 litres of
The supermarket in Suva City which has been selling rotten meat, will be charged and taken to court. This has been confirmed by the Suva City Council Acting Director Health, Naresh Narayan. Narayan says an aba
Fiji has come out 30 days without any new cases of COVID-19 and more assistance has come through. While receiving another 47 GeneXpert test kits to the Fiji Centre for Disease Control from the Australian government
Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are working to eradicate Leptospirosis, Dengue Fever, Diarrhea and Typhoid cases in the country. Waqainabete says overall they have lower numbers of dengue and
Animals Fiji have raised concerns regarding the treatment of animals in the country after a dog who suffered serious injuries to the face had to be euthanised. On their official Facebook page, Animals Fiji says the
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services confirms that new stock of three antibiotics which are used to treat infections and diseases and that were short in supply have arrived into the country. The antibiotics
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says they have already health screened over 800,000 Fijians through the largest healthcare mobilisation campaign in Fijian history, and in the coming weeks they will massively step-up t
Fijians do not have to worry about medical supplies and there are no disruptions to the supply chain. This has been confirmed by Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission CEO Joel Abraham who says initially there
The Prime Minister says as we see some of the restrictions lifted, it’s vital the Fijian public go about their lives responsibly, in ways that do not compromise the practice of physical distancing and put Fijian lives
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says they have declared this weekend as Fiji’s Weekend of Readiness and Responsibility. Bainimarama says through the weekend, the government needs to see Fijians take greater own
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced progressive relaxation of the health restrictions relating to COVID-19 – which include the nationwide curfew to start at 10pm and go until 5am from tonight, the resumpti
SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka and National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad have released a statement saying the deferment of the April sitting of Parliament is making a mockery of democracy and good gove
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the coronavirus pandemic is a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis. The U.N. chief in a video message says that there is discrimination in
Joseph Parker has well and truly outdone himself with his latest lockdown video, calling on other stars from the sporting world - both Kiwi and foreign - to help him perform the Time Warp from movie the Rocky Horror Pic
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the approval of some green cards. The order, which contains a number of exemptions, is to last for 60 days and then could be extended,
