To date, 353,355 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Fiji’s Business Process Outsourcing industry has welcomed the Government’s ‘No jab, No job’ policy and is ensuring all its employees are vaccinated.

Fiji has recorded 485 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.

The National seven-day average daily positivity is 17.4 percent and continues on an upward trend.

Fiji is gliding slowly towards achieving its vaccination target and to achieve the full herd immunity.

A lockdown in areas affected by COVID-19 for several weeks at a time to help halt the transmission of the virus can be very difficult to sustain for a country like Fiji.

A total of 129 household packs have been distributed by the Fijian Government to people living in homes isolation yesterday.

Opposition Political leaders say their calls for lockdown is not of one to fully shut down everything.

Valelevu Hart Nursing Home is facing challenges in looking after their residents during this outbreak.

Forty-six people were arrested for social gathering with the Western Division recording the highest number of arrests with 38 cases.

Market vendors at the Suva Municipal Market have been advised to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as practicable.

A total 414 household packs have been distributed by the Fijian government to Fijians living in home isolation and lockdown areas.