COVID-19

The New Zealand government has announced that out of the 14 new cases of COVID-19 recorded there today, five had travelled via Fiji.

The Ministry of Health has so far conducted 7,986 COVID-19 tests.

Fiji’s second COVID-19 related death is a 61-year-old man who arrived into the country on August 6th.

The Ministry of Health is conducting an exhaustive review of the guidelines within our Fijian COVID-Safe Economic Recovery Framework

All applications for returning diplomats and permit holders old and new are subject to vetting by the Ministry of Health.

The Health Ministry confirms they have access to spotters who provides them with technical reports of what transpires in communities.

A COVID-19 patient has died in isolation.

Twenty-three arrests were made in the last 48 hours in relation to the breach of curfew restriction.

Places of worship are now allowed fifty percent capacity as opposed to the previous limit of 100 people.

Two more COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from isolation.

The increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the Pacific has prompted the Ministry of Health to review its quarantine measures.

The Fiji National Provident Fund’s COVID-19 phase two withdrawal which was to end with the fifth payment today will now continue.