Viliame Gavoka
10 July, 2021, 2:30 pm
A member of the public wait to be vaccinated while MOH staff go about her documentation at Albert Park in Suva. Picture: ATU RASEA
As of July 6, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) 56 per cent of the target population has received at least one dose and just under 10 per cent are now fully vaccinated nationwide.
I was hoping that the uptake of those taking the vaccine would have improved, but it seems the hesitation factor is still huge and one cannot put a timeline to herd immunity.
That said, I am grateful to the leaders in the communities for taking up the challenge to convince their people to take the jab.
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ANISH CHAND
23 April, 2021, 6:00 pm
A police officer inspects the vehicle which collided with a street light at Korovuto in Nadi. The
Accident Compensation
Commission Fiji has paid
out $3.9 million to persons
injured in motor vehicle
accidents since January
2018. Picture: REINAL CHAND/FILE
THE Accident Compensation Commission Fiji (ACCF) has paid out $3.9 million to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents since January 2018.
ACCF said it received 985 applications for motor vehicle injuries related compensation since January 2018, of which 223 were approved and paid out.
This, according to an ACCF presentation made during a Fiji Trades Union Congress meeting recently.
ACCF said it declined 45 injury related applications and 717 were still being processed.
ANISH CHAND
23 April, 2021, 6:30 pm
A journalist who lost a tooth and fractured another when a soccer ball hit his face was among those who received payouts from the Accident Compensation Commission Fiji (ACCF).
The ACCF said in a presentation to the Fiji Trades Union Congress meeting recently that this was a work-related injury.
“The worker was a journalist and while taking pictures at a soccer tournament a ball hit his camera which hit his mouth causing injuries,” said the ACCF.
The $6000 payout was for missing front middle tooth and fracture of another tooth.
The ACCF received 1121 applications for injury claims and approved payments for 148 that amounted to $1.35 million.