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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.