BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca, doses have been confirmed to arrive on Friday this week (March 19). Dr Gregory Jilini, incident controller, during the covid-19 radio talkback show yesterday said this AstraZeneca vaccine is received through the COVAX…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Guadalcanal premier Francis Sade has reacted to plans to oust him by way of motion-of-no confidence, welcoming it with open arms. Mr Sade says he will defeat any motion of no confidence that comes his way.…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FRONT liner workers and certain groups of individuals are first to be vaccinated because potentially they can be diagnosed with the virus from those who are exposed to the virus. This was echoed by Dr Divinyl…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Government is looking forward to tabling the Public Health Emergency Bill in parliament so it can commence before State of Public Emergency ends. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare echoed this Monday. “It is the intention of my…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country has all its covid-19 cases becoming negative, meaning there is zero case of the virus in country. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed this in his national address yesterday. “I am happy to announce that…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO YESTERDAY cabinet approved the national policy on covid-19 vaccination. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in his national address said, “I am pleased to inform you all that my Cabinet has approved the National Policy on covid-19 vaccination…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO INDIVIDUALS from the flight marked as high-risk and those from the Philippines third repatriation flight have had their mandatory quarantine period extended to 21 days. This was confirmed by Pauline McNeil, permanent secretary to Ministry of…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Public Emergency Bill is currently waiting on consultations which are being held in the provinces. Attorney General John Muria Junior says consultations have been done in Guadalcanal Province, Honiara City Council (HCC), and with diplomatic…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO foreigners have breached State of Public Emergency (SOPE). Pauline McNeil, permanent secretary to Ministry of Health said these two breached the State of Public Emergency “in the sense that they were not allowed to disembark…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO COVAX facility will be offering 40 percent of the approved AstraZeneca vaccine in the next quarter to support the country’s effort against covid-19. Dr Yogesh Choudhri, technical advisor to the Ministry pf Health and Medical Services,…