Honiara on Lock Down for 60 Hours - Solomon Times Online
Honiara Emergency Zone will be in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22 January 2022.
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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.