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On 3 October 2020, it was announced that COVID-19 has reached Solomon Islands. On that date, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced that a student repatriated from the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19 after the patient was tested upon his arrival in Solomon Islands capital, Honiara. The patient is asymptomatic, and tested negative ...
The first case of COVID-19 in the Solomon Islands was confirmed on 3 October 2020 as a student who had been repatriated from the Philippines on the 28 September 2020. [ 182 ] As of 24 August 2021, there have been 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 0 deaths, reported to WHO.
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 .
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The U.S. and Australia have been racing to limit China's security ambitions in the Pacific Islands ever since the Solomon Islands' then-leader, Manasseh Sogavare, signed a security deal with ...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his parliamentary seat, results showed on Saturday, but it will be days before vote counting determines whether his OUR party can form ...
7 September – The government of Solomon Islands says that a proposed independence referendum in Malaita Province is illegal. Daniel Suidani, the provincial premier of Malaita, proposed the referendum in protest to the decision by the central government to switch recognition from Taiwan to China last year.
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 ...