96.2% of the adult target population in Fiji have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 78.3% are now fully vaccinated.
This means a total of 594,542 adults have received their first dose and 484,195 have received their second doses.
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has said that at the 80% fully vaccinated threshold, the curfew will be from 11pm to 4am, all businesses will fully re-open to fully vaccinated Fijians, all sports including team sports can be played again and stadiums can reopen.
An announcement is also expected on Fiji's international borders on Sunday October 10th.
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says quarantine protocols to support local repatriation and international travel will be adjusted to take into account the increasing protection gained by having fully vaccinated persons travelling with other vaccinated persons to highly vaccinated destinations.
He confirms this will involve less stringent conditions with more priority given to the testing protocols that ensure early identification and isolation of positive travellers.
The Health Ministry has confirmed that there were two COVID-19 deaths from 15th July 2021 to 1st October 2021.
Both of the COVID-19 deaths are from the Central Division.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says one death is being reported from July now due to a delay in the issuance of the official death certificate.
He says the first COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man from Suva who died at home on 15th July 2021. He was not vaccinated.
The second COVID-19 death is a 65-year-old woman from Suva who died at home on 1st October 2021. She was not vaccinated.
There has been one more death of a COVID-19 positive patient.
However, this death has been classified as non-COVID death by the doctors.
The doctors have determined that this death was caused by a serious pre-existing medical condition and not COVID-19.
There have now been 649 deaths due to COVID-19 in Fiji.
Fiji has 58 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
There are now 2,895 active cases.
Fiji has recorded a total of 51,386 cases since the first case was reported in March 2020.
There have been 47,315 recoveries.
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