Stories by Lice Movono

Fiji Health authorities have asked passengers who arrived in Fiji last week from Africa to self isolate pending investigations they may have been exposed to the new covid variant, Omicron.

Fiji is reopening to tourists today with four plane loads of approximately 800 people expected over the first 24 hours of the country reopening its borders to international tourists.

Health authorities in Fiji say once the country achieves 90 percent vaccination rate, Covid-19 restrictions will be eased further.

Fiji is easing its restriction of movement as the government announced new curfew hours to reflect improvements in its Covid-19 vaccine delivery.

Fiji's health authorities continue to report a drop in daily case numbers but have cautioned the public that there is no downward trend yet.

Blood stocks all across Covid-19 stricken Fiji are critically low and volunteers have had to reach out to their personal contacts to ask for blood donations.

Eight days into the new month and there is not much evidence of any improvement to Fiji's Covid-19 situation.

Fiji's National Budget worth $US1.78 billion announced on Friday night is designed with three objectives, all of it linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

New regulations directing all workers in Fiji to get a Covid-19 vaccine have shocked many in the country. Audio

While Fiji's Covid-19 case numbers dropped to 386 on Saturday from 404 on Friday, health authorities continue to urge people infected with the virus to get to medical facilities for treatment.

Fiji has reported 522 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours - a record number of daily infections.

Fiji has recorded another 404 new cases of Covid-19 and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday.

Staff and patients at Fiji's main hospital are experiencing food shortages as Covid-19 infections spread steadily.

Despite the alarming spread of a second wave of Covid-19 in Fiji, medical authorities say not imposing a full lockdown is in line with international practice and is the best humanitarian response.

Fiji's Covid-19 positivity rate continues to increase as health authorities report another 262 cases from 8am Saturday to 8am Sunday.

Three more people with Covid-19 died in Fiji in the last 24 hours, one of them the youngest patient since the pandemic reached the country in March 2020.

Compliance not lockdowns will help Fiji out of the alarming outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 according Fiji's leading health official.

Fiji's covid19 case count broke records again on Tuesday as medical authorities recorded another two deaths at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in the capital Suva.

Fiji continues to record alarming increases of Covid-19 with another 126 more cases and one death of a Covid-19 positive patient now under investigation.

Fiji's Covid-19 cases continue to escalate as medical authorities confirm another record-breaking 166 new infections.

Fiji's Covid-19 death toll remains at six as authorities determine that the latest death to a covid positive patient was caused by underlying conditions.

Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong confirms they have recorded 150 new cases.

Ten people have died in Fiji after testing positive for Covid-19 since March 2020, authorities said. Audio

Fijian health authorities have reported 115 new cases of Covid-19 as infections continue in frontliner communities.

Fiji has recorded 91 cases of Covid-19 between 6pm on Wednesday to 8am Thursday, health officials said.