Bula Vinaka. To put Fiji ahead of the spread of this virus, we have spent the past 24 hours listening carefully to everything that our testing and contact tracing is telling us. As the Hon PM announced yesterday, we will not hesitate to escalate our response in accordance with the risk we face. What we’ve…Read More

Bula vinaka and good afternoon. As we announced in the early hours of the morning, Fiji is once again faced with a grave and present danger to the lives of our people. We have confirmed our first local case of COVID-19 in more than one year, and we must act quickly to stop it from…Read More

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has continued to run COVID-19 tests on the first- and second-generation contacts identified through its contact tracing effort stemming from the border quarantine case announced yesterday. As of early this morning, one of those first-generation contacts, a 53-year-old woman, has registered a positive COVID-19 test result. This woman…Read More

Bula Vinaka and Good Afternoon  As we have previously announced, we have securely confirmed border quarantine cases of COVID-19 among our citizens who are returning from overseas. These cases have not represented a risk to the public. Under the watchful eye of our disciplined forces, Fiji’s border is sealed, and the virus has not re-entered…Read More

Bula Vinaka and good afternoon. We all know the impacts of COVID-19 stretch far beyond the health sector alone. Our response requires a whole-of-government approach –– particularly when it comes to Fiji’s economic recovery. That’s why I’m here today alongside representatives from our COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce. Our full CRMT team consists of the Permanent…Read More