BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO COVAX Facility has confirmed the allocation of a suggestive number of 108,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Solomon Islands despite missing out on Pfizer vaccines. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday in…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE covid-19 vaccine side-effect is very low, says Dr Jimmie Rodgers. Rodgers, secretary to Prime Minister and deputy chairman to Over Sight Committee, clarified this in the recent radio talkback show due to lot of people…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE much talked about repatriation flight that would bring in passengers from markedly high-risk countries in terms of covid-19 arrived last night. Loti Yates Director National Disaster Management Office (NMDO) confirmed to Island Sun that the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE national vaccination policy paper has been prepared to be submitted to the cabinet says Dr Yogesh Choudri Technical Advisor to Health Ministry. Choudhri said the paper is prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OUTCOME of the COVID-19 vaccine application for 0.25 percent of the country’s population is still unknown. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudhri, technical advisor to Ministry of Health Medical Services at the recent radio talkback…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SEVENTEEN students missed the third repatriation flight due to ‘paper work matters’. This brings the total number of our students in the Philippines yet to be brought home to 44. Dr Jimmie Rodgers, secretary to Prime…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FIFTY-SIX quarantine occupants of the Government funded facilities graduated on Monday 1st February. Health Permanent Secretary Pauline McNeil said at moment there are 239 still in the government funded facilities. 56 of them graduated on Monday. …
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE recent reactivated covid-19 case has now tested negative for the virus and is being taken care of at the field hospital. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudri, technical advisor to Ministry of Health and…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE next high-risk repatriation flight is scheduled for February 7, 2021. According to Dr Jimmie Rodgers, permanent secretary to Prime Minister, this repatriation flight is covered under the approval of cabinet last year and is labelled…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Guangzhou charter flight to bring in workers to work at the Mamara Tasifarongo development housing project will arrive today. Dr Jimmie Rodgers, secretary to the prime minister confirmed this yesterday during the second radio talkback…