Fiji

Nauru, Kiribati and Fiji have received 50 ventilators to use for Covid-19 patients.

Fiji has declared an outbreak of dengue fever and leptospirosis in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fiji's military commander says the army is not investigating claims its officers assaulted a labourer.

$US3.5 million allocated for the construction of the Fiji Prime Minister's new office should be diverted to people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, civil society groups say.

The re-emergence of Covid 19 in New Zealand has prompted the Fiji government to plead with its people to download a contact tracing mobile phone app.

A Pacific community leader in New Zealand says social media users need to dial down the vitriol and finger-pointing as fear is driving people to pass on harmful misinformation.

The race for the top job at Fiji's main opposition party is heading into a five-way contest.

The new chair of the Fiji Rugby Union is confident the governing body can weather the Covid-19 storm and says it's time they received a bigger slice of the international rugby pie.

Fiji's health ministry says all visitors arriving in the country will continue to undergo Covid-19 tests and 14 days quarantine in a government facility.

Fiji is the only Pacific country to have expressed interest in reopening two-way travel with Australia.

Fiji has recorded its seventh Covid-19 case in border quarantine.

A high risk designation from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is being disputed by the top health authority in the Northern Marianas.

Fijian activist Ernest Gibson is set to represent the Pacific at the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

Fiji's Health Ministry says it may replicate its Covid-19 quarantine conditions at other non-government sites.

Fiji's Labour Party says the national airline is unlikely to survive without a comprehensive review and restructuring of its operations.