Vaccine

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO INDIA’s High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands handed over 50,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services yesterday. The vaccine was received by the Minister Dr Culwick Togamana...

A total of 222 public officers have decided not to be vaccinated and the first 54 are now self-terminated under the Government’s No Jab No Job policy. The first 54 officers have been verified and...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO additional vaccination sites were identified to accommodate unvaccinated and partial vaccinated people in Honiara when the lock-down is lifted. This was confirmed by Diane Maggie Row from the Public Health Promotion...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki NON-vaccinated direct employees of Malaita received only half of their salaries yesterday as the province started to implement the “no jab no job” policy. According to information received from the provincial government, up...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI THE new COVID-19 center at Aligegeo Provincial School in Auki will open for operations this week. Chairman of PDOC Malaita, Inspector Charles Eddie Koto told this paper yesterday the center is ready for...

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...

By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services has carried out a study and investigation into side effects of vaccinations administered in the country. Vaccines studied include AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sinopharm. Minister Dr Culwick Togamana confirmed...

Health and Medical Services Minister Dr Culwick Togamana has warned health workers that are charging monetary fees in exchange for administering vaccination on people. The Minister said on Tuesday that there were reports that certain...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI DEPUTY Provincial Secretary of Malaita province, Mr David Filia Tuita calls on unvaccinated staffs of the province to resume duty. A number of unvaccinated staff of the province had recently left work after...