China supports Solomon Islands’ fight against COVID-19

Discussions also centre around the possibility of organizing a chartered flight from French Polynesia (Tahiti) to pick up medical supplies from China to Honiara.

The National Government commends such bilateral, multilateral cooperation with its donor partners in our efforts to prevent the entry of Covid-19 into the country.

SIBC News has it, the Chinese Province of Guangdong is currently making arrangements to ship thousands of facemasks and protective garments to Honiara as part of its assistance package to the people of Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands so far has not recorded any positive cases of the virus since it was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation last month.