91.4% of the adult target population fully vaccinated

91.4% of the adult target population are now fully vaccinated while 28,091 children aged between 15 to 17 years are also fully vaccinated.

4,853 children aged between 12-14 years have received both doses of a COVID vaccine.

Fiji has recorded a total of 10 new cases of which 5 new cases were recorded on Thursday and 5 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday.

Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they continue to monitor the outbreak using indicators such as daily case numbers, hospitalizations, test positivity, and deaths.

Dr Fong says occupancy rates in health facilities, the occupancy rate of ICU beds, death rates, and vaccination coverage are indicators to monitor our health response capacity and they see a decreasing trend across indicators from the health facilities with increasing vaccination coverage for adults and 15-17 year-olds in Fiji.

He says with the commencement of vaccination for 12-14 year-olds, they expect their coverage to contribute to reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death.