Fiji

Fiji's rugby sevens teams will spend close to four months separated from their families in their bid to achieve Olympic glory.

Fijian authorities have confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of active cases to 349.

Fiji's government says there's no need to declare an emergency, despite a growing number of cases of Covid-19.

Fiji are set to feature in a new Rugby Sevens tournament later this month, to help boost team preparations ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in July.

As Fiji responds to an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, almost all travel to the main island of Viti Levu from other islands within Fiji has been shut down.

Fiji's case count since its most recent Covid-19 outbreak began in April this year is now over 300.

Fiji police will not comment on a video that claims to be an eyewitness account of a fight on a fishing ship leading to the death of a crew member, and others jumping overboard.

At least 10 doctors at a private medical facility in Fiji are in quarantine after a colleague tested positive for Covid-19.

Fiji's main opposition party has called on the Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to "step down" amid allegations against him.

Fijian health authorities have confirmed 29 more cases of Covid-19.

Black sand mining in Fiji has gone ahead without some landowners having given their free, prior and informed consent.

The number of active Covid-19 cases in Fiji stands at 223 following the discovery of dozens more over the weekend.

Forty six people from Fiji's central division where the capital Suva is located, have tested positive for Covid-19, taking the national total to 195 active cases.

Twenty-eight more Fijians have tested positive for Covid-19 and at least 7 of them add to the growing number of naval officers to catch the virus.