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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]
COVID-19 pandemic in the Solomon Islands The number of new COVID-19 cases rises to 48, despite ongoing lockdowns in Ontong Java Atoll , Honiara , and Guadalcanal Province . The current outbreak began last week when 23 crew members onboard an illegal fishing vessel from Papua New Guinea tested positive after entering Ontong Java Atoll .
The two major opposition parties in the Solomon Islands struck a coalition deal on Saturday as they vie with former Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's party to form a government after an election ...
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(Reuters) -Solomon Islands lawmakers selected Jeremiah Manele as their new prime minister on Thursday, elevating the former foreign minister who has pledged to continue the Pacific Island nation's ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will provide over $100 million to help the Solomon Islands, which also has security ties with China, expand its police force so it can reduce its reliance on external ...
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.