He said covid-19 was worse than the side-effects of the vaccine and he hoped people would take it once it is available.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong said a task force was being set up within the Health Ministry to plan how the covid-19 vaccine would be administered to Fijians.
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US Pacific Islands move quickly
In Majuro,
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson reports that three United States-affiliated countries in the north Pacific have launched aggressive covid-19 vaccine programmes, following receipt of thousands of doses from the US Centers for Disease Control.
Marshall Islands destroy record cocaine haul found on boat washed on remote atoll
17 Dec, 2020 07:51 PM
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Marshall Islands Police Captain Eric Jorban, left, empties a bag of one-kilo packages of cocaine into an incinerator Photo / RNZ
Marshall Islands Police Captain Eric Jorban, left, empties a bag of one-kilo packages of cocaine into an incinerator Photo / RNZ
RNZ
By Giff Johnson, of RNZ
Marshall Islands police have destroyed over 635kg of cocaine after the cache of drugs drifted into a remote atoll.
Police said the discovery last week was the largest volume of cocaine to ever wash into the Marshall Islands, which has seen hundreds of kilos of cocaine found near multiple islands over the past two decades. The drug haul has an estimated street value of over US$80 million.
Boat With $80 million Worth of Cocaine Washes Up in Marshall Islands
On 12/17/20 at 10:41 AM EST
A boat full of cocaine with an estimated street value of $80 million has washed ashore on the Marshall Islands.
The drug haul was discovered by locals who say they attempted to move the boat but were unable to because it was so heavy. The packets of drugs were found hidden in a compartment inside the boat. Pictures showed the drugs in stained, yellowing plastic, stamped with a red logo and the letters KW . It is thought that the boat may have drifted in the Pacific ocean from Latin America.
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The lingering legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/the-lingering-legacy-of-us-nuclear-testing-in-the-marshall-islands/NTHZG3PJNS6NXV4SZLPTHCANNY/
13 Dec, 2020, By RNZ.
The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but the Marshallese are still campaigning for adequate compensation.
The Marshall Islands are two chains of 29 coral atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.
Following the tests, whole islands ceased to exist, hundreds of native Marshallese had to be relocated off their home islands and many were affected by fallout from the testing.