About 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was sent to Fiji by the UN Children's Fund as part of the World Health Organisation's COVAX initiative.
The Fiji government said while the vaccine cost them $US30 million, AstraZeneca was ideal for the country's storage capability.
At least 600,000 Fijians need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to ensure the country is protected against infection, the government said.
It said about 6,000 front-line and essential workers would be the first to receive the jabs