Vaccine

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed that booster doses have commenced on frontline workers using the Pfizer vaccine to further strengthen their protection against the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19. In his...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MALAITA Provincial Health Authority through its Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) is preparing for the coming roll-out of Pfizer and booster vaccines in the province. Chairman of EOC Malaita, Dr Rex Maukera told this...

Fisheries and Marine Resources minister and MP for Central Makira, Nestor Ghiro has urged his people of Manita in West Bauro to get their Covid-19 injections. Ghiro, who visited the Manita community on Christmas Day...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO 21 nurses and two Doctors from the National Referral Hospital have refused vaccination for reasons of their own. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Pauline McNeil mentioned this before the Public...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine was successfully launched and rolled out in Honiara yesterday at the National Referral Hospital. These vaccines have been prioritised for youths aged 12 to 17 and pregnant mothers. Speaking...

By EDDIE OSIFELO PERMANENT Secretary for Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Andrew Nihopara is still to tender his resignation letter. Nihopara is one of the high-profile public servants in the government who refused to take his...

THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has condemned last week’s newspaper report of a young girl in Malaita who claimed to have her arm turned magnetic, attracting android phone and other metal...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands will soon have covid-19 vaccine for age group five to 11 years. According to Ministry of Health and Medical Service Advisor Dr Yogesh Choudhri, donors have confirmed they would supply...

BY MAVIS N PODOKO Unvaccinated persons with underlying health conditions and the elderly will get sick from any new variant that enters the country. Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana announced this in...

By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Health and Medical Services, Dr Culwick Togamana has praised Australia for donating 200,000 doses of paediatric covid 19 vaccines for children from ages 5 to 11 years. Dr Togamana made this...