No jabs, no job: Fiji threatens unvaccinated workers with sack

Prime minister says country cannot afford to waste time getting back the lives we know and love'

Fiji's government has announced it will make Covid-19 vaccinations a mandatory condition of work for civil servants and staff in the private sector, with some people liable to lose their jobs if they do not comply.

The prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, said in a televised address on Thursday night that employers and employees in the private sector should receive at least one dose of vaccine by 1 August.