The Fiji National Sports Commission Chairman Peter Mazey says there is no confirmed date as yet on when sports is expected to resume in the country and adds they will be taking the cue from the Ministry of Health. This is following the launch of the framework for the resumpt...
The Health Ministry is strongly advising people to boil drinking water, practice good hygiene habits and ensure their homes, compounds and surroundings to be clean. Tropical cyclone Mona has severely affected Fiji, with roads being closed, flights cancelled and thousands of people sheltered in evacua...
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is urging people to be aware of the fake Free Medical Insurance posts circulating on social media, which appears to be an attempt to mislead members of the public in Fiji. The Ministry says they do not offer free medical insurance for pe...
Travel restrictions have been implemented, particularly for travels to eastern maritime islands, by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji. Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong said they were seeing an increase in cases in the maritime islands, which he added was expected with th...
Unvaccinated adults in Fiji have been dying at a rate 18.5 times higher than fully vaccinated adults during the present COVID-19 wave. Ministry of Health and […]
As our frontliners continue their efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the Fiji Water Foundation has donated 30 new tents to the Ministry of Health. The tents were the result of discussions between the Foundation and Lami based tent maker Tents and Awnings Limited. ...
FRIEND Fiji is also running the Telehealth platform in Lautoka and has engaged General practitioners to attend to calls from patients suffering from Diabetes, Hypertension and Heart disease. This initiative has been developed in consultation with the Ministry of Health, WHO experts and set-up by FRI...
Super Drug Pharmacy director Abhay Nand handed over a consignment of wheelchairs and face masks to Fiji’s Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete at their Nabua branch this morning. Speaking toThe Fiji Times, he said Nabua had been making the news for all the wrong reasons recently and he ...
Public health awareness has been the Health Ministry’s main tool in trying to prevent an outbreak of leptospirosis, typhoid, dengue and diarrhoea (LTDD) in the wake of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa and Tropical Cyclone Ana. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete sa...
The Health Ministry did not have contracts with service providers, the Auditor-General’s 2019 Audit Report on Social Services Sector that was tabled in Parliament recently stated. The Office of the Auditor-General said there was no contract with the laundry service provider for the Colonial War...