THE threat of the delta variant has forced the Government to impose new travel restrictions, Health Minister Dr Culwick Togamana has revealed. Health Minister Togamana in his nationwide address on Monday said the Government has imposed new travel restrictions for…
GOV’T GETS TOUGHER BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PUBLIC servants working for both the national and provincial governments risk losing their jobs if they choose not to get vaccinated. Members of their families are also required to get their jabs as…
BY BEN BILUAGizo COVID-19 tests on front line workers who were under quarantine in Western Province all came back negative. Reports reaching this paper states that the front line workers along with their family members were graduated and released after…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THREE foreign sailors who called in at Honiara port over the weekend have been tested positive for COVID-19. Health minister Dr Culwick Togamana announced this yesterday. The sailors came on board commercial vessel, MV Run Fu…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO ONLY 47,921 doses of COVID-19 vaccines – AstraZeneca and Sinopharm have been administered for 1st and 2nd doses. And Health minister Dr Culwick Togamana said this is worrying and disappointing. “This has happened despite the continued…
BY BEN BILUAGizo THE Director of Health and Medical Service for Western Province has called on the public in Gizo to get their first jab. In an interview with Island Sun Gizo, Dr Dickson Boara said people above 18 years…
Delta variant is no joke: get vaccinated TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) would like to reiterate the call by the Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare for citizens above the age of 18 years old to get the jab before it’s too…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Close to 13 thousand doses of vaccines currently in stock in the country will expire soon. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudhri Senior Advisor for Ministry of Health and Medical Services in the latest Covid-19…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands have been given approval to receive 100 thousand doses of Pfizer vaccine says Dr Yogesh Choudhri Senior Advisor to Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Choudhri confirmed this yesterday during the COVID-19 vaccine radio…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PREGNANT Women can get vaccinated, but first they must consult doctors to know and understand the vaccine risks and benefits before taking it. This was echoed by Dr Simon Burggraaf World Health Organisation, Honiara office Immunisation…
