THE Solomon Islands Government has stressed that it remains committed in implementing strict measures to prevent further potential importation and spread of covid-19. According to the National Disaster Council report it stressed that the government remains loyal to implement strict…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon student in the Philippines who had covid, then recovered, and got re-infected with covid-19 has tested negative. The student had covid-19 while in the Philippines. He later recovered and passed tests with negative results…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AUTHORITIES are reportedly having a hard time contacting the 10 former covid-19 patients who are being sought to undergo a re-test. The 10 had previously recovered and tested negative before being released back to society, but…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country had run more than 2,000 covid-19 tests for December alone and likely a similar number of tests will be done for January and February this year. This was highlighted by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE flight for Guangzhou scheduled for January 24 will be delayed as Solomon Airlines still has not received approval from relevant authorities for the flight. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday in his…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OVERCROWDING is seriously affecting the teaching and learning environment in schools in Honiara which has led to poor hygiene and poor living conditions. This was uttered by Governor General Sir Rt Reverend David Vunagi when delivering…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SUSPECTS who had breached quarantine procedures have been identified and their names forwarded to responsible authorities to deal with. The breach of quarantine procedures happened when Camp management teams discovered forbidden items such as cigarettes and…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Government (SIG) is worried over the new variant of covid-19 which was recently discovered. This has forced government to closely monitor people who will fly into the country from Japan due to the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OF the 17 recorded cases of covid-19 in the country 10 have recovered and three remain positive with four still in isolation at the National Referral Hospital (NHR). Dr Gregory Jilini, deputy secretary health improvement Ministry…
288 nationals expected to be repatriated this week BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO hundred and eighty-eight nationals are expected to be repatriated from Fiji on December 29 and 30. These are graduating Solomon Islands students from the University of South…
