If Honiara and Guadalcanal achieve a 90 percent full vaccination, Honiara will not have to go into lockdown if a community spread of COVID-19 is detected. Mr Sogavare said the most vaccine hesitancy in the country has been reported in Honiara and Guadalcanal province.
About 82 percent of all employees of the government have taken their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Presenting a report by the Oversight Committee (OSC) during his COVID-19 Nationwide address today, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the Ministry of Public Service is still compiling the data…
About 82 percent of all employees of the government have taken their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Presenting a report by the Oversight Committee (OSC) during his COVID-19 Nationwide address today, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the report was presented to the Cabinet on 16 September.
A recent report presented to Cabinet by the Oversight Committee says part of the remaining 18 percent of public servants who haven’t taken their vaccine based their reasons on religious conviction and beliefs.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today announced that by 31st October 2021, any employee of the national and provincial governments and SOEs that still chooses to not be vaccinated shall have a 50 percent cut in salaries and will not be allowed to go to their workplaces.
Solomon Islands has the highest number of Hepatitis B patients in the Western Pacific region. Dr. Jackson Rakei National Program Director of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services confirmed this during World Hepatitis Day today in Honiara today.
Solomon Islands is expected to receive more than one hundred thousand doses of Pfizer vaccine in November this year from the COVAX Facility. This is following the government through the National Therapeutic Committed approval of the vaccines.
Solomon Islands will soon have access to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine which will see children from 12 years of age and pregnant women get vaccinated against COVID-19. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this in his nation wide address this afternoon.
The health sector has encountered challenges in communication, coordination and logistics during the 36-hour simulation exercise. Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Incident Controller Dr Bainivalu highlighted they also face some challenges in human resources.
Health teams will be deployed around communities in Honiara to do contact tracing simulation activities during the 36 hour lockdown. National Health Emergency Operation Centre (NHEOC) Incident Controller Dr Nemia Bainivalu said this are part of the simulation exercise during the lockdown to test…
The government has assured frontline workers that their outstanding allowances will be paid soon. Attorney General John Muria Junior made the assurance in a talkback show this afternoon. Mr.
Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr. Jimmy Rodgers assures that COVID-19 vaccines are not the ‘mark of the beast’ or 6-6-6. Dr. Rodgers made the clarification following misinformation that the vaccines were suspected of being the ‘mark of the beast’ that led to some people refused to get vaccinated.
Public assembly or procession of any form will not be allowed under the current state of emergency unless authorized by the Prime Minister, says Attorney General. The Attorney General, John Muria Junior explained in a media conference yesterday.
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.
A foreign national who arrived from a foreign vessel was tested positive for COVID-19 in the Western Province today. The person is serving the mandated quarantine period in the foreign vessel outside of Gizo. The Western Provincial Health Authority announced the result this afternoon.
A middle-aged man is currently quarantined at the Nila Isolation Centre since Tuesday this week after returning from Bouganville on Monday night. The man was put in the isolation ward after the front-line officials received a report from the Tactical Commander at 10:30 pm on Monday.
Former Member of Parliament for Northeast Guadalcanal Dr. Derek Sikua says certain sections of the Public Health Emergency Bill do not reflect the doctrine of the separation of powers. Dr.
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 Public Health Emergency Bill will take a proactive approach in dealing with public health emergencies. Attorney General John Muria Junior confirmed in an interview with SIBC News.
Solomon Islands is estimated to have the highest birth of new born babies in the Pacific on New Year’s day according to UNICEF. Scoop Independent News reports, countries expected to have the highest birth on New Year’s day is Solomon Islands with 53 births followed by Fiji with 45 births, Vanuatu…
