Smallpox vaccines will be procured as part of preparedness measure, There is no record of monkeypox in Fiji, Dr Ja...
Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong
“In this current Leptospirosis outbreak, we have been able to ensure that more than 90 per cent of suspect cases w...
Dr Fong said that it was quite difficult to differentiate between flu and COVID-19 like symptoms.
Concerns were brought to the ministry’s attention after claims that a group of people in the western side of Viti ...
“We have mentioned in the past that the vaccines are 80 per cent protective against severe disease and death, not ...
Dr Fong also reassured that the ministry was expecting more doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children by mid this mon...
Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr James Fong said an isolation period of 10 days for confirmed ...
Dr Fong could not give any assurance on whether they would be able to contain the Omicron variant at the borders. He...
“Two weeks ago, the United States Centre for Disease Control endorsed the recommendation that children five to 11 ...
Dr Fong assures safety of Pfizer vaccine while Education Minister encourages parents to talk to children about its b...
Remember, you only get full protection, or immunity, from COVID-19 two weeks after getting the second dose of the va...
We are still sadly seeing people with severe disease die at home or on the way to hospital, before our medical teams...
This has been identified in Rifle Range, Lautoka following a cluster of new cases stemming from a birthday party wit...
“These reporters not only put themselves at risk, due to this being a highly-transmissible virus that means that t...
We consider them as people who require extra explanation and understanding. That’s the strategy the Ministry of He...
