MEDIA STATEMENT: For Release 23/07/2024 The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is announcing the end of the outbreaks of leptospirosis in the Western Division and Kadavu and the end of the outbreaks of dengue fever in the Western Division and Ovalau that were declared on April 29th this year. A declining trend of case…
COVID-19 Update Thursday 08th September Transmission Update: Since the last update, we have recorded 13 new cases of which 6 new cases were recorded on 06/09/2022; 0 new cases on 07/09/2022 and 7 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am this morning. Of the 13 cases, 2 cases were recorded in…
COVID-19 Update Monday 05th September Transmission Update: Since the last update, we have recorded 18 new cases of which 11 new cases were recorded on 02/09/2022; 3 cases on 03/09/2022; 0 cases on 04/09/2022 and 4 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am this morning. Of the 18 cases recorded, 6…
Friday, 28th January 2022 Bula Vinaka and good afternoon. Our data show that we are through the worst of this third wave. Our employers can also vouch for this given the decreasing of COVID-related absences from work. All that said, our COVID-safe measures must continue in the near term to protect those most vulnerable. We…
In this current wave, we have so far reported 52 deaths that we determined to be related to COVID 19. As we had experienced in the second wave, adverse health-seeking behavior and significant co-morbidities remain the main contributing factor. Out of the 52 deaths: 50 died either at home, on the way to a health…