Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Jimmy Rodgers warns, Solomon Islands could be seriously affected by the delta variant of COVID-19 than the current situation in Fiji if all who are eligible do not get vaccinated.
Leader of the opposition Mathew Wale commended the government’s stance to halt repatriation flights from Fiji and other countries that have recorded an outbreak on the delta variant of COVID-19. Mr. Wale says the Solomon Islands has a weak health system, and an outbreak could be disastrous.
The Government’s COVID-19 Oversight Committee has been directed to consider imposing travel restrictions from very high-risk countries. This is following the current worsening global COVID-19 Pandemic situation. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the order today in his weekly national address.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services launched the combined tourism and health COVID-19 Extra Care Measures and standards strategy.
The Solomon Islands Governor-General His Excellency Sir David Vunagi has opened day two of the COVID-19 vaccination program by receiving his COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Central Field Hospital in Honiara. The Ministry of Health confirmed. He was observed for 30 minutes before he left the hospital.
The AstraZeneca Vaccines through the COVAX facility has finally arrived in the Solomon Islands. The vaccines were received by the Minister of Health and Medical service Dr. Culvic Togamana. Dr. Togamana said the Implementation and rollout program will commence in the coming weeks.
Northwest Guadalcanal Noni Farmers can now enjoy the benefits of selling noni from their farms. Thanks to the Solomon Noni Corporation to reopen its Noni buying program after it stopped last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Domestic Tourism Bubble (DTB) Policy or Iumi Tugeda Holiday packages have been finally launched in line with the “Tourism in Focus 2021″ under the theme “Re-define, Re-adjust and Re-align.” Speaking during the launching today, Minister for Culture and Tourism Bartholomew Parapolo said, the…
The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country has dropped to four after one of the five COVID-19 patients was tested negative. These four patients include three returning soccer players from the United Kingdom and one citizen that returned from Indonesia.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has clarified the SBD 15 million dollars COVID-19 funding support from the New Zealand government. This follows the Leader of Opposition’s call for the government to explain the whereabouts of the funding support provided by the New Zealand…
Cabinet has approved additional response measures under the current Emergency Regulations in light of the two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country This is based on the assessment of the current risk level as being of ‘low risk’, taken together with the assurance from health authorities, that…
