The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan on Sunday 7th August 2022, signed the Exchange of Notes for Japanese grant aid under the Social and Economic Program of Japan for an approximate 200 million Yen, which is equivalent to SBD10.9 million.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele (MP) and the Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, H.E MIWA Yoshiaki formalized an arrangement for the procurement of negative pressure mobile container isolation wards to support COVID 19 efforts.
The fully equipped isolation wards will be built in four (4) provincial hospitals including the National Referral Hospital.