2021-05-03 09:06:14 GMT2021-05-03 17:06:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SUVA, May 3 (Xinhua) The latest vaccination program kicked off in Fijian cities on Monday.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), the vaccination program kicked off on Monday morning in Lautoka and Nadi, and will continue until Friday.
Vaccination for those in Fiji s capital city of Suva has also started with the latest batch of the 24,000 doses of vaccines that arrived in the country this month currently being administered to the targeted high-risk groups.
The high-risk groups include the frontline workers and those providing essential services during the lockdown as well as the vulnerable people.
2021-05-03 13:36:12 GMT2021-05-03 21:36:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, May 3 (Xinhua) India reported over 360,000 daily infections when the country is battered by a second wave of the pandemic, while Pakistan is set to commence the local production of China s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
A total of 368,147 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 19,925,604, according to the health ministry. Besides, 3,417 more deaths were recorded since Sunday morning, bringing the death toll to 218,949.
Special Assistant to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan said Monday that the local production of China s single-dose CanSino COVID-19 vaccine is about to commence in the country to facilitate its vaccination drive.
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India s COVID-19 surge continued as a fresh high of 200,739 new cases were registered on Thursday during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 14,074,564, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry.
On the same day, Secretary-General of Japan s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Toshihiro Nikai said canceling the Tokyo Olympics this summer could be an option if the COVID-19 situation continues to worsen.
Nikai, the No. 2 leader of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga s ruling party, said during the recording of a TV show that canceling the Games may be an option if the spread of coronavirus infections forces organizers to think it would be difficult to hold the event.
2021-04-15 10:06:01 GMT2021-04-15 18:06:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SUVA, April 15 (Xinhua) Fiji s Health Ministry is working to administer all available COVID-19 vaccines in the island nation by Saturday, local media reported on Thursday.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), Fiji s health minister Ifereimi Waqainabete said that based on the current projections, they should complete administering the full batch in two days, having covered 50,000 Fijians. We are likely and we are hoping to finish it by Saturday. As we do, we are hoping to have the ability to have eight to 12 weeks to make sure that there are benefits from the second doses.