Ministry of Health and Medical Services  COVID-19 Update: 2PM, 20 May, 2021 The Ministry of Health will begin to publish an update early each afternoon giving basic data available as of 6am that morning. The more detailed evening statement will also continue as and when required. After today, we will be reliably on a 24-hour cycle,…Read More

We appreciate the cooperation of the people of Fiji in staying at home, avoiding unnecessary contacts outside the immediate family, quickly reporting symptoms and potential contacts with infected persons, and using the careFIJI app. All of these actions will help us contain this virus.  We also appreciate the cooperation of the business houses and employers…Read More

Bula Vinaka. Thank you for tuning in to this briefing from the safety of your homes. I want to begin with an update on the two patients admitted into intensive care yesterday. Both are responding well to treatment. Our teams are attending dutifully to these patients and providing them with the best possible care. After…Read More

We have two new cases of COVID-19 to confirm today. These are both cases of local transmission. The first is the husband of case number 159 from the Vunimono cluster. He has been in isolation since 12th May 2021. The second case is a healthcare worker from the Colo-i-Suva isolation ward who registered a positive…Read More

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