THE HONIARA City Council will set up two fixed sites for vaccination this week. Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Pauline McNeil said the two sited identified are Lawson Tama and the Solomon Islands Ports area. The permanent secretary made this announcement as the demand for vaccination continues to rise in Honiara. Mrs…
CHURCHES that want to resume church services will need to forward their application to the Oversight Committee. Special Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Jimmie Rodgers said this is because anywhere people congregate and one person is infected more people in that congregation will be infected. “…for instance if you do normal church practices even…
THE Solomon Islands Chinese Association (SICA) has condemned in its strongest terms the ongoing attacks on Chinese business owners. A statement from SICA yesterday (Saturday 12th February) said it is shocking to learn that in recent weeks there is an increased number of robberies, break and enters, home invasions and attacks on Chinese business owners. …
OPPOSITION LEADER Hon Matthew Wale has questioned the Prime Minister and the Oversight Committee the rationale behind the change in curfew times. This followed the announcement by the government that the Prime Minister yesterday has signed an order to further reduce current curfew hours effective yesterday until revoked. The new curfew hours are from 12:00am…
THE country’s total number of COVID-19 positive cases now stands at 4203 as for midday yesterday (Thursday 10th February). Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said a total of 229 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24hours – 166 in Honiara which represented 72 per cent of new cases and…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services is strongly calling on anyone in home isolation who is feeling weak or dizzy after days of fever to urgently seek medical help at the hospital. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana made this call during his daily update on the COVID-19 situation in the…
THE rationale behind the Oversight Committee’s directive to prioritise COVID testing for Members of Parliament (MP), their families and the Office Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has been questioned. In a statement today Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale said it is unfair for the many frontliners and citizens around the country that do not have…
MORE samples are sent to Australia to further determine if there is another variant circulating in Solomon Islands. This was revealed by the Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Dr Yogesh Choudry during Sunday’s talkback show sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC). He said currently Delta…
The National Government has enforced a lock down for the Isabel Provincial Capital Buala, effective 6pm Monday 7th February to 6pm Thursday 10th February. The lockdown restricts movement of persons and vessels in and out of Buala during the aforementioned period. The three (3) days Lockdown was ordered following recommendation from the Provincial Disaster Committee…
NORO in Western Province remains a ‘high risk’ zone as more people became infected. Provincial Disaster Oversight Committee (PDOC) in Western Province, said based on data provided by the Provincial Health Emergency Oversight Committee (PHEOC) showed that Noro Swab Team tested 81 people on 31st January and 20 returned positive. A meeting last week revealed…