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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Solomon Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached the Solomon Islands on 3 October 2020.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Solomon Islands. 7 February – Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is ousted in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government's approach to China. [1]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Solomon Islands. 4 January – A search continues for 14 people missing at sea in the Solomon Islands, after their boat failed to reach the Shortland Islands. Efforts were called off yesterday due to bad weather. [1]
The 2021 Solomon Islands unrest was a series of demonstrations and violent riots in Solomon Islands from 24 to 27 November 2021. It started off as a peaceful protest against the government's decision to recognize the People's Republic of China over Taiwan .
By 2 August 2021, the Cook Islands reported to the WHO a total of 21,761 vaccine doses have been administered. [158] On 24 August 2021, the Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health reported it had completed its COVID-19 national vaccination programme, with 96.7 per cent of the eligible population, people aged 16-years or older, fully vaccinated.
The Solomon Islands archipelago is home to just 700,000 people but occupies a strategic position 1,600 km (990 miles) northeast of Australia. The Electoral Commission has warned against vote ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a coalition with ...
Solomon Islands has already secured a $66 million loan from the government's Exim Bank of China to erect 161 mobile towers built and run by Chinese communications giant Huawei. In 2018, the ...