Approximately 50,000 people will be eligible to receive COVID vaccine from Tuesday

Approximately 50,000 people will be eligible to receive the 2 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Tuesday.

The Ministry of Health says this group includes the rest of the frontline staff at the borders, all healthcare workers including those in private healthcare, police and military officers, tourism and hotel workers and civil servants.

They say also eligible to receive the vaccine will be those over the age of 60 and people with medical conditions that increase the risk of severe disease if they do get infected with COVID-19.

The Ministry adds people will fall into this category if they are currently attending a Special Outpatients Department clinic with the Ministry of Health or similar with a private healthcare provider and this includes people with diabetes, asthma, and heart conditions.

The list of locations where people can get vaccinated will be released later this week.

They are urging all Fijians over the age of 18, and especially people eligible for this second phase, to register for the COVID-19 vaccine adding people must be registered to receive the vaccine.

There are currently 1002 people who have recently arrived from overseas undergoing mandatory 14-day quarantine in government-supervised border quarantine facilities.

Fiji has 1 active case of COVID-19 at the Lautoka Hospital isolation unit.