BRITISH High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Dr Brian Jones has spoken highly of the Prime Minister for raising his hands to be among the first to be vaccinated in the country. The acknowledgement was made during a courtesy visit by…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THREE vaccination centres to roll-out covid-19 immunisation have been identified in Honiara, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. “In Honiara, three vaccination centers are being consideration each in East, Central and West Honiara. “The Central Honiara location…
STATISTICIANS from the National Statistics Office (NSO) are fully prepared to start collecting data of Visitor Arrivals in the Solomon Islands after a refresher course conducted at the office on Friday 12th March 2021. Florence Walekwate, Grace Perakana and new…
WHILE COVID-19 vaccination is not mandatory, the Government intends to vaccinate every citizen over 18 years and older by the end of 2021. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said on Monday that since vaccine supplies are arriving in small quantities, the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services is stepping up its presence at the Western Border due to the worrying covid-19 situation in PNG and Bougainville. Incident Controller to the Health ministry, Dr Gregory Jilini said they…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country currently has 27 persons in quarantine. This figure is however set to increase as the country expects a repatriation flight tomorrow, and two other incoming flights in the coming month. This was confirmed by…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE rollout of covid-19 vaccination is set to begin next week. AstraZeneca is the vaccine the country has received, and will be using in its first vaccination rollout. AstaZeneca is one of the World Health Organisation…
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 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…
