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Published 20 Sep, 2021 09:30am

Virus-hit Fiji to reopen borders for tourists

Fiji plans to reopen for international tourists by November, aiming to rebuild a pandemic devastated economy while battling a Delta variant coronavirus outbreak.

“Our goal is to free our country — and our economy — from the rut of the pandemic,” Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said in a statement last week.

Once 80 per cent of Fiji's eligible population is vaccinated, it will offer quarantine-free travel to visitors from a “green list” of locations, AFP reports.

Of Fiji's eligible population, 66pc is now fully vaccinated and Bainimarama predicts the country's target will be met by November 1.

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