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…
Half of 31-man soccer delegation held back for further processing BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II TWO Solomon Islanders have tested positive for covid-19 in the United Kingdom (UK). They are part of the local 31-member Royals Academy delegation who had playing…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA POODKOLO Results to the fourth and final test for our quarantined students will indicate the situation of covid-19 in the country. The test was carried out on Sunday and yesterday. This round of tests determines whether quarantine…
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 DESPITE the climbing number of covid-19 cases, the risk of community transmission remains low. Government is quick to reassure citizens of this, following yesterday’s announcement of a third case of covid-19. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE has confirmed that the two Chinese nationals alleged of having breached quarantine protocols are yet to be charged. Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Vaevaso said the investigation has been completed and the file has been sent to…
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…
Country records another covid-19 positive student in Chengs quarantine centre BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO The country has recorded its third case of covid-19.The patient, a student in the Philippines repatriation flight, was detected in his third mandatory covid test and…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced new COVID-19 cases. These include four new cases in the Philippines and one new case in the Solomon Islands.These means we now have a total of three cases in the Solomon Islands and 22…
