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The number of positive COVID-19 cases has surged to 120 over a 24-hour reporting period. The total since community testing begun 5 days ago is 264. The grand total including those caught in quarantine is 289.

The captain of MV Akwa is said to have attended a funeral somewhere on Guadalcanal shortly after the vessel arrived in Honiara on the 10th of January 2022.

Remote islands dotting the Pacific Ocean managed to keep the virus at bay for more than two years. Now some are reporting local transmission, a reflection of the reach of the highly infectious variant.

There are widespread fears of as yet undetected transmission within the capital’s slums.

The Solomon Islands capital is in lockdown after the discovery of a positive Covid-19 case in the community in Honiara.

Today we awake to a new normal, while there is a sense of quite and calm, fact is we are now in the fight of our lives - our healthcare workers and frontliners are out there fighting this virus for us, for that we say thank you!

The 60 hours lockdown that is effective for Honiara Emergency Zone is purposely to give the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to carry out contact tracing of MV Akwa’s trip from Ontong Java on the 10th January after a passenger on that trip was tested positive for COVID 19.

Solomon Islands reported 48 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday.

The health team would like to make contact with two groups of people as a matter of urgency.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed that there is now a positive community tested COVID-19 patient in Honiara.