Mass COVID-19 testing soon

Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) will start mass COVID-19 testing by going to communities soon. Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Minister, Dr Culwick Togamana announced this in the health daily Covid-19 update, Tuesday. “Ministry of Health and Medical Services will start Covid-19 mass testing and will start going to communities to test…

Eleoteve undergoes one day lockdown

Eleoteve Community in Southeast Vella Constituency, Western Province is in a one-day lockdown starting this morning. The 24 hour lockdown starts at 6am and will be lifted tomorrow morning – Thursday 27th  at 6am. A Committee Task Force has been set up already which consist of leaders, community leaders, head of organizations, and stakeholders such…

AUSTRALIA SUPPLIES MORE AID

TODAY (Tuesday 25th January), a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 delivered the second load of medical equipment and supplies to Honiara. A statement from the Australian High Commission said this forms part of Australia’s 19 tonne package of COVID-19 support. The statement said today’s flight delivered additional personal protective equipment, medical supplies, oxygen concentrators and further UNICEF…

Unconfirmed COVID-19 related death sends Marovo into lockdown

THE Provincial Disaster Oversight Committee (PDOC) in Western Province want contact tracing to start immediately at Rukutu and Seghe after a woman died from COVID-19 related symptoms. A PDOC representative Loyley Ngira informed a meeting between the Western Province Executive, PDOC and Western Provincial Health Emergency Oversight Committee (PHOEC) today (25th January) that the woman…

Lockdown for parts of Western tomorrow

FOUR areas in Western province will go into a four day lockdown to start at 6pm tomorrow (Wednesday 26th January). This was decided upon this afternoon (Tuesday 25th January) in a meeting attended by the Executive of the Western Provincial Government, the Western Provincial Disaster Oversight Committee (PDOC) and the Provincial Health Emergency Oversight Committee…