BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A total of 75 nurses and 55 doctors working at the National Referral Hospital are enlisted into the covid-19 deployment roster, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. “A total of 75 nurses and 55 doctors currently working…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE first cycle of front liners who were deployed to front line operations have been cleared as low risks, says Prime Minister Manasseh. Mr Sogavare said the 20 staffs include six health workers and 14 police…
-Four passengers from Sunday night’s high-risk repa-flight in isolation awaiting test result -Government brings in tarmac testing to boost covid-19 detection measures BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO FOUR passengers from Sunday night’s high-risk repatriation flight have been red-flagged and are being…
BY MAVIS NIHIMURA PODOKOLO SECOND repatriation flight for Solomon Islands students in the Philippines will be delayed until all students are cleared from the institutional quarantine facilities here. Dr Jimmie Rodgers Secretary to Prime Minister and member of the Over…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A repatriation flight carrying passengers who had come from high-risk covid-affected countries arrived last night in Honiara. These countries include; the UK, Italy and France. This flight comes amid Solomon Islands government passing newly approved immediate…
SEVENTY-NINE new nurses received full nurse registration yesterday. They have acquired the part-two full registered Nurse Registration after completing their 12 months Nurse Supervised Practice programme which began in October, 2019. Minister for Health and Medical Services and guest speaker…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE National Oversight Committee of Covid-19 and the camp management are facing lack of adequate quarantine facilities to ensure students have individual rooms. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stressed this yesterday when announcing the third positive case…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands students in the Philippines have been asked to move into government-arranged hotels or face being left behind. Majority of students have moved into hotels arranged by government as accommodation centres in its plan to…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO FOUR of our students in the Philippines have tested positive for covid-19. They have been taken in by the Philippines Red Cross to be kept in isolation and monitored, prime minister Manasseh Sogavare announced in his…
Uncontrollable interaction among students in quarantine foils government’s goal to contain virus spread in centres Government is forewarning the country to expect more covid-19 cases from our students in quarantine. This is because the students are breaching quarantine rules, says…