Fiji

The Fiji Rugby Union is planning another domestic sevens series as Covid-19 continues to disrupt the international sevens calendar.

Covid-19 cases along Fiji's Suva- Nausori corridor are not being used as the sole indicator to monitor the progress of the outbreak in the country, health authorities said.

The public's ignorance and blatant refusal to acknowledge science and facts on the pandemic are behind the spike in Covid-19 cases in Fiji, a civil society organisation warns.

The success of a youth vaccine rollout in Fiji will require better understanding of reasons for hesitancy, a civil society group says.

Restrictions on funeral gatherings and the curfew have been eased amid a positive vaccine rollout, the Government said.

The seal found on a remote Fiji island last week is protected under the country's Endangered Species Act.

A Covid-19 patient from Fiji's remote island of Malolo has been airlifted to a hospital on the mainland.

Fijians surveyed in a study say the fear of side-effects is the reason they will not vaccinate against Covid-19.

If you are planning to visit Fiji this year, you must prove you're fully-vaccinated against Covid-19 when you arrive in the Pacific island nation.

The Fijian Drua will be based in Australia for its inaugural season in Super Rugby.

The Fiji and Samoa sevens teams will be missing when the men's World Sevens Series gets underway in Canada this month

Thirteen more people have tested positive to Covid-19 on remote Kadavu island, with three patients - all pregnant mothers - admitted at the Vunisea Hospital.

Eight more people have died from Covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll past 500, the health authorities said on Wednesday.

Marine scientists at New Zealand's Massey University have confirmed a sea mammal that surprised villagers on one of Fiji's remote islands this week is a fur seal.

The Fiji Law Society says people cannot be arrested and detained just because of their dissenting opinions.