Fiji

Social gatherings in Fiji homes and communities are now limited to 20 people as the government moves to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country.

Two hundred climate change refugees in Fiji's north, relocated during Cyclone Ana last year, were forced to take shelter at a school last weekend.

Fiji's government has warned of a rise in diseases with the potential to prove deadlier than Tropical Cyclone Cody which hit the country on Monday.

Tropical Cyclone Cody is slowly moving away from Fiji but emergency management authorities say lingering heavy rain continues to create high risk for the country amid a third wave of the coronavirus.

The High Court in Fiji was told a former New Zealand resident charged with multiple murders had planned to bring his victims to Aotearoa.

Five people have died from Covid-19 in Fiji as health authorities battle a third wave of the coronavirus amid a cyclone that's bearing down on the nation.

The tropical depression slamming parts of Fiji has now strengthened to a category 1 tropical cyclone according to the Fiji Meteorological Service.

A man has drowned in Fiji while attempting to cross a flooded river as bad weather associated with a tropical depression continues to slam parts of Fiji.

Fiji's National Disaster Management Office is urging people to avoid unnecessary travel, limit movements and to not cross flooded roads, rivers or streams as a tropical cyclone warning is issued.

Fiji's Meteorological Service says a tropical cyclone is likely to hit the country today.

Fiji has reported two deaths and 372 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Fiji's main opposition party has suffered a major setback - eight months out of the general election.

The Australian Government is assisting its citizens stranded in Fiji who claim they were mistreated by the locals after testing positive to Covid-19 when they arrived in the Pacific island nation.

Fiji has reported two deaths and 580 new cases of Covid-19 as health officials confirmed a third wave of both the Omicron and Delta variants in the community.

Fiji has reported one death and 309 new cases of Covid-19 in the community - 194 of them recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Wednesday.

A human rights activist in Fiji says the country should be ashamed of what happened to academic Brij Lal who died in exile in Australia on Christmas Day.

Travellers to Fiji must now produce a negative PCR test 48 hours before departure to Nadi Airport, Fiji's government has said.

New Zealand has provided a further $40 million ($F58 million) in budgetary support to help the Fijian Government respond to the immediate socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Less than a month after reopening to the world, Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

Renowned Fijian academic Brij Lal has died in exile.