Fiji

The emergency communication capabilities at Fiji's National Disaster Management Office has received a boost from New Zealand.

Schools in Fiji - closed since April last year - have reopened this week despite a worsening third wave of the coronavirus in the country.

A baby and a teenager are among the latest deaths from Covid-19 being reported in Fiji.

Health authorities in Fiji say they will not advise the Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions out of fear of a resurgence of infections.

The Fiji-born New Zealand resident found guilty last week of murdering five people has now been handed life sentences for each victim by a Fijian judge.

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Rebuilding has started on islands in Fiji affected by volcanic eruptions in neighbouring Tonga and the ensuing tsunami.

A Fiji-born New Zealand resident has been found guilty of multiple murders in Fiji.

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is recovering from cardiovascular surgery in Melbourne, Australia and is not expected back at work until the end of February, the government said last night.

Fiji today began nationwide work to return 4000 people to their homes and to clean up the flood damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Cody.

Former England rugby international and Number 8 Nathan Hughes has announced his availability to play for his country of birth, Fiji.

Fiji has reported seven more deaths and 417 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Social gatherings in Fiji homes and communities are now limited to 20 people as the government moves to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country.

Two hundred climate change refugees in Fiji's north, relocated during Cyclone Ana last year, were forced to take shelter at a school last weekend.

Fiji's government has warned of a rise in diseases with the potential to prove deadlier than Tropical Cyclone Cody which hit the country on Monday.