Fiji's Covid crisis: 147 cases in two days, patient dies
Fiji has recorded 147 new cases in just two days.
Fiji has recorded 147 new cases in just two days.
More than 600 cases have been recorded since the latest outbreak began in April.
Three senior members of Fiji's Ministry of Health have tested positive for Covid-19.
At least 10 doctors from a Nadi clinic are in quarantine after 'swab demonstration class'.
The number of active coronavirus cases in Fiji now stands at 223.
Mystery still surrounds the decision of some crew to jump overboard.
Fijian police are still questioning crew members.
Latest cases 'visited well-known shops, grocery stores and other commercial facilities'.
At least one survivor has been found by an NZ Air Force P-3 Orion.
Three staff from Fiji's Centre for Disease Control have tested positive for virus today.
Nine more cases revealed as officials announce 24-hour curfew.
Fiji's Government has deployed a multi-agency response to face the Covid-19 outbreak.
One of Fiji's new Covid cases is a man who flew via Auckland.
The death is Fiji's third, as the nation confronts fears of a wider outbreak.
Officials race to screen residents in areas where Covid is thought to be spreading.
Pacific nation has now 28 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases.
New Zealand is poised to help India, where Covid-19 is starting to cripple the country.
It is the country's biggest number of cases in a single day.
Fiji's Central Division - including the capital, Suva - is in lockdown from today.
"He had a heart of gold and was an amazing role model," school principal said.
A funeral attended by 500 people is a potential superspreader event, authorities say.
This comes after Fiji's government announced a lockdown in the island Viti Levu.
As Australia and New Zealand wake to a bubble, Fiji wakes to lockdown.
Raw passion and emotion emanated through many of NZ rugby's greatest Pasifika leaders.
Coventry said it was good to see the competition evolve, but he did have some concerns.
Faiz Ali was killed at a central city address last month.
Massey University sociologist says the community has a strong case.
Delays left the superyacht 'circling in the Pacific low on food and fuel'.