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Fiji starts COVID-19 vaccination Fiji As the morning light settled over Nadi Town on 10 March 2021, Fiji’s frontline team, who have been leading efforts to keep COVID-19 contained in the country, waited anxiously for the first distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Only 3 days prior, Fiji welcomed its highly anticipated first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, supplied through the global COVAX facility – an initiative set up to facilitate the equitable distribution of safe COVID-19 vaccines to all countries, as rapidly as possible. These vaccines play a key role in Fiji’s response to the global p...

COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji Format Suva - Fiji became the first country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards achieving the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The arrival of 12,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine marks the first batch of vaccines to arrive in the Pacific region under the COVAX Facility, in its ...

COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji 6 March 2021 Suva, Fiji The Fijian Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Acting WHO representative to the South Pacific, Dr.Akeem Ali and UNICEF Pacific Representative Sheldon Yett receiving COVID-19 vaccines in Fiji    Suva - Fiji became the first country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards achieving the goal to ensure equitable distribution of CO...

Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:47 am SUVA, FIJI (1 March 2021) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), handed over more than 22,000 Cepheid GeneXpert test kits to the Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services today as part of the Government of Fiji’s efforts to strengthen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention activities and the safe continuation of essential basic services. “This timely donation will ensure increasing surveillance through our communities across Fiji and will boost confidence among our neighbors on the safety ...