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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has paid tribute to the health staff for their impressive and professional handling of the preparatory efforts so far for Covid-19 or Coronavirus. While opening the Molecular Labor
The Health Ministry’s plan to deal with COVID-19 is to take all preventative measures, act definitively and swiftly, contain and then isolate as quickly as possible. Following the historic announcement today that
The UK Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out and had be
Fiji will now be able to test for COVID-19 at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control in Tamavua. Fiji is the first country in the South Pacific to do the test. The Hon PM this morning officiated at the Fiji Centre
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says if Fiji had a confirmed case of COVID-19 now they are ready to deal with it as their preparation level has been heightened from the start. Waqainabete says so far th
Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are having consultations on the Public Health Protection Bill and regulations such as marketing of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic drinks to c
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says all schools in Fiji are currently strengthening their basic hygiene and handwashing practices as a precautionary measure to prepare for Covid-19. Akbar says there are lot of
The four people that were monitored for coronavirus now known as COVID-19 have tested negative. The Ministry of Health says it received test results from Melbourne last night. It says there are no confirmed or suspect
China’s Ambassador to Fiji, Qian Bo says they are in the process of arranging a virtual conference with Chinese health experts and medical experts in Fiji and the South Pacific to discuss the region’s preparedness f
Health Minister, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete confirms that there was a shortage of polio injections for babies in health centres but now it is back in stock. Babies normally get this vaccination when they are 14 weeks
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho and the Police Command Group passed their second quarter Required Fitness Level Test this morning. As part of the Required Fitness Level Test, officers have to complete a 2.4 kil
Minister for Health Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has today praised the nurses of the country for their hard work and dedication and says the importance of nurses cannot be emphasized enough. Speaking at the World Healt
Medical researchers part of the inaugural Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Research Symposium were today told by the Minister for Health, Dr.Ifereimi Waqainabete that they cannot leave the marginalized to be margin
270 Villagers of Lepanoni Village in Deuba received Free medical treatment from 50 health professionals, doctors, professionals. Sai Prema Foundation Fiji’s Health on Wheels medical camp supported by Bula Medical
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are carrying out a feasibility study and reviewing whether the Ministry needs to buy a new boiler for the CWM Hospital. A fire in May last year destroyed the l
