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Honiara Emergency Zone will be in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22 January 2022.

The recent detection of COVID-19 on Ontong Java and on Shortland is a wakeup call, in that the threat is real and complacency will be our undoing in the fight against COVID-19.

Solomon Islands has recorded a community transmission of Covid-19 at Pelau in Ongtong Java atoll after six people tested positive for Covid-19 following the illegal entry of 10 people from Tasman Island to Pelau.

The Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has warned the country can expect a rapid spread of Covid-19 and deaths.

A lockdown will be enforced in Ontong Java as soon as legal instruments are in order.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is investigating 4 people at Pelau village in Ontong Java suspected of COVID-19 infection.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Calcium carbonate samples from a sediment core drilled from the mid-Pacific Mountains show evidence of ocean acidification 127 to 100 million years ago. view more  Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Around 120 million years ago, the earth experienced an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from its oceans. Known as oceanic anoxic event (OAE) 1a, the oxygen-deprived water led to a minor -- but significant -- mass extinction that affected the...

Volcanic Eruptions Directly Triggered Ocean Acidification During Early Cretaceous Details Share This Around 120 million years ago, the earth experienced an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from its oceans. Around 120 million years ago, the earth experienced an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from its oceans. Known as oceanic anoxic event (OAE) 1a, the oxygen-deprived water led to a minor — but significant — mass extinction t...