376 articles tagged "indepth"
Minister for Employment Parveen Bala says COVID-19 vaccination will become mandatory for travel across international borders and it is likely that this will include travel for work which is already the case for the Paci
A general practitioner and emergency doctor in Newman, Australia, Dr Qalo Sukabula says if people are not vaccinated and they contract COVID-19, they can get Pneumonia in both lungs with blood poisoning. Dr Sukabul
The Head of Health Protection Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan has today asked all leaders and anyone who has influence over people to do everything they can to encourage the general public to get vaccinated and also abide by the h
President Jioji Konrote and Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama got their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca today. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the President and the Prime Mi
More than 1,000 people turned up at All Saints Secondary School and Saint Mary’s Primary School in Labasa today to receive their first and second dose of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. The Ministry of He
A Naivikinikini woman is calling on people to get vaccinated and not to be frightened of different videos that they see on social media. Frances Qounadovu says the majority of the women in Naivikinikini in Lami had
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the COVID-19 virus is a killer that no Fijian can afford to treat lightly, and we must fully vaccinate all of our adult population as quickly as possible. Doct
18,000 individuals are now fully-vaccinated in Fiji. Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says 44% of our target population which is 256,117 individuals have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vac
The COVID-19 vaccination drive will continue at the Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre in Nasese today for people living in Muanikau, Ratu Sukuna Road, Domain, Nasese, Nasova and Veiuto. More than 750 people were vaccin
The Fiji Airways men’s and women’s national 7s teams are urging all Fijians to take time out and get vaccinated to help the Fijian Government and the Ministry of Health fight against the deadly COVID-19 virus.
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
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
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 has started administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines from the available vaccination sites across the country. It says individuals who received the first dose of the AstraZeneca Covishi
42 percent of Fijians aged 18 years and over have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they are making extremely efficient use of the vac
41% of the target population of Fiji aged 18 years and over have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca so far. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says this brings the total num
The Medical Administrator in Melbourne Australia, Dr Qalo Sukabula is calling on people who have relatives who are at high risk or have existing medical conditions to get vaccinated. Doctor Sukabula highlighted thi
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has highlighted that they are careful of the quality control for vaccines and if one batch does not look good or breaches their cold chain parameters, it is entirely remo
