Serafina Silaitoga
10 July, 2021, 12:00 pm
President Reverend Ili Vunisuwai of Methodist Church Fiji Rotuma getting is jab from staff nurse Merewalwsi Baba at Methodist compound Pender street in Suva. Picture: RAMA
Fiji born Australian Professor Satish Chand has called on religious leaders to push for COVID-19 vaccination and encourage their members to get vaccinated.
Prof Chand, who is a professor of finance in the School of Business at the University of New South Wales based at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, said this was imperative in order to get out of the pandemic crisis.
In an interview with Pacific journalists who virtually attended the Covering the COVID Economy Crisis session, Prof Chand said the good news was that nearly every Pacific island country has secured sufficient supply of vaccines.