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…
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…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services is calling on all eligible people in our provinces to go to their vaccination sites and get vaccinated. In his address to the nation this afternoon Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said people must not wait for the virus to reach provinces first before…
FIRST two deaths related to COVID-19 was confirmed by Minister of Health and Medical Services this evening as cases continue to surge with a record number of 174 new cases. This now brings the total number of positive cases to 650 as 12noon today, Dr Culwick Togamana announced in his daily national health address around…
Opposition Leader says the National Government should humbly admit that it has failed miserably in the last two years to prepare for any COVID outbreak in the country. In a statement today Matthew Wale says there is nothing wrong with the Government admitting its failure, in fact it is the right thing to do. Mr…
IN light of the COVID-19 threat, the Malaita Provincial Health and Medical Services is hoping for Kiluúfi Laboratory to be given the green light to operate this week. A COVID-19 test machine was installed at Kiluúfi Laboratory, Kiluúfi Hospital in August last year. However, since the instatement the machine is still to serve its purpose.…
Honiara City Mayor Eddie Siapu is urging city residences and business houses to comply with orders given by the Prime Minister under the State of Public Emergency. This follows the COVID outbreak and the lockdown imposed for 4 days in the capital starting this evening. Mayor Siapu in an issued statement said the orders are…
CONTACT tracing at which ports and areas that crews of Landing Craft (LC) Nusatupe have berthed at Western Province is set to begin. Health officials at the Western Province have been deployed to do contact tracing in Noro, Munda and Marovo. Initial reports claimed the landing craft left Honiara on Saturday 15th January and arrived…
COVID-19 positive cases in Auki, Malaita Province remain at five, says the Malaita Provincial Health Director Dr. Rex Maukera. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki this afternoon (Tuesday 25th January) Dr. Maukera said a total of 11 COVID-19 swab tests have been carried out in Auki since the outbreak was announced of which five of the…
AS Honiara residents prepare for the nation’s second lockdown later today, the debate over the origin of the COVID-19 community transmission continues unabated. The government maintains that Ontong Java in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) is the source of the outbreak of the community transmission, which began on Wednesday 19th January. Then, there were only…