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Fiji govt could face lawsuits over Covid-19 vaccine ultimatum

06:02 am on 10 July 2021

Legal experts in Fiji warn the government has opened itself to a barrage of lawsuits following its decision to force the country's civil service to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

This comes amid daily record infections and deaths due to the virus - over seven thousand positive people are in isolation and 48 deaths reported, 46 of them from the latest outbreak that started in April.

Christine Rovoi has more.

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Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. Photo: Facebook/Fiji govt