Fiji no longer has any border restrictions due to COVID-19 as international travellers are no longer required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination and travel insurance.
This comes following careful consideration of the global and national COVID-19 situation by the COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce and applies to both arrivals from air and sea.
The Taskforce says previously, all travellers 16 years and above were required to produce proof of full vaccination and travel insurance covering COVID-19.
They say as reported by the Ministry of Health, Fiji’s hospitalisation is low, owed to our community-wide immunisation and in-country surveillance capacity.
They also say notably, the focus remains on implementing COVID safe measures around those vulnerable to the severe effects of COVID-19.
They say the Health Ministry also reports 100 percent of Fiji’s estimated adult population have received one dose and 95 percent received the second dose while the vaccination of our target population has been progressing well with the 12 years and above coverage rate for Fiji being 99 percent for Dose 1 and 89 percent for Dose 2.
The Taskforce says as of the 8th February, 170,867 (54.6%) booster-eligible individuals have so far received their 3rd dose while 29,208 individuals have been administered the 4th dose.
They say consistent with the experience in other countries with high vaccination rates, Fiji will no longer have any COVID-19 related border health measures.
It says Fiji’s Border Authorities will continue to review border health measures and maintain community surveillance for early warning of future threats while fostering socio-economic recovery.
The Taskforce says Fiji’s economic recovery continues on the back of a strong tourism rebound.
They add in 2022, visitor arrivals to Fiji reached 71.1 percent of 2019 levels (636,312) with a strong forecast for the first quarter of 2022.
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