Fiji

Fiji has reported three more deaths and 460 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

A Fijian human rights activist is demanding answers from the authorities after reports that hundreds of nurses in the country are resigning.

Fiji has been through the worst phase of its third wave of the coronavirus, health authorities say, amid soaring deaths and infections across the country.

At least 70 percent of Fijians who had Covid-19 when they died were also suffering from a chronic disease, health authorities said.

Three more children have died from Covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll to 791 since March 2020.

The emergency communication capabilities at Fiji's National Disaster Management Office has received a boost from New Zealand.

Schools in Fiji - closed since April last year - have reopened this week despite a worsening third wave of the coronavirus in the country.

A baby and a teenager are among the latest deaths from Covid-19 being reported in Fiji.

Health authorities in Fiji say they will not advise the Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions out of fear of a resurgence of infections.

The Fiji-born New Zealand resident found guilty last week of murdering five people has now been handed life sentences for each victim by a Fijian judge.

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