A 51-year-old woman suspected of having contracted the corona virus has given an independent account of the potential origin of the deadly disease in Solomon Islands. The woman, a widow and mother of five, is an employee of the company that owns the MV Akwa. The Government has blamed passengers on the ship for bringing…
Border restrictions due to COVID community transmission has denied a good number of medical staff to return for work in Honiara. Reports reaching Solomon Star said a number of these officers are working at National Referral Hospital (NRH) and Honiara City Council (HCC). They have been on vacation since December with some early this month.…
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…
SELF-isolation in the context of Honiara is not a solution, Opposition Leader Matthew Wale says. In a statement issued today, the Leader of Opposition said many households in Honiara comprise two to three families cramped into small spaces. He said it is not reasonable to expect isolation in such cramped situations and forced upon people…
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…
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…
POLICE will deploy officers to their strategic locations within the emergency as of 6pm today-25th January following the legal approval of the four-day lockdown. Police Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau in a statement said, the lockdown will start at 6pm this evening 25th January 2022 and will finish at 6pm on Saturday 29 January 2022. He said:…
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…