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17th May, 2021
17/05/2021 FNU Staff Update

Dear Staff, I hope you and your families are keeping safe and well during the current restrictions. Please note the following arrangements will apply after the end of the current curfew in Suva and Nausori: • Working from home – All staff should continue to work from home until further notice. We understand that working…Read More


17th May, 2021Press Release
FNU launches virtual Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) training programmes

The Fiji National University (FNU) has launched two online training programmes to support students taking Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) and enhance the University’s research culture. The FNU Higher Degrees by Research Supervisor Training Programme provides support to supervisors on HDR supervision procedures in order to develop supervision capacity further. The FNU Higher Degrees by…Read More


16th May, 2021
STATEMENT BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES DR. JAMES FONG – 16.05.21

We have confirmed four new cases of COVID-19. These new cases all stem from the cluster in Nadali, Nausori, which is believed to have started with a close contact case of the first Makoi cluster. The four individuals are all household contacts of case number 167 confirmed yesterday. These patients were all entered into isolation…Read More


15th May, 2021
STATEMENT BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES DR. JAMES FONG – 15.05.21

The Fiji Centre for Disease Control has been fully decontaminated and will resume processing COVID-19 tests from tonight. All remaining staff have continued to test negative for COVID-19. None of the laboratory staff have tested positive to date, which further indicates that the virus was brought in from the community. After being given the choice…Read More


14th May, 2021
STATEMENT BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES DR. JAMES FONG – 14.05.21

Bula Vinaka. Since yesterday, we have been investigating the potential for further exposure of COVID-19 in the Fiji CDC. Our medical and laboratory staff have not registered positive test results at this time; however, we are in the process of deep cleaning and decontaminating the centre in line with advice received from the reference laboratory…Read More