Australia alarm over China security deal with Solomon Islands
Leaked document indicates pact would allow China to deploy police and troops to Pacific island nation. #islandnation #solomonislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 6 Million as Pandemic Enters Its Third Year
BANGKOK — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.
The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe.
Remote Pacific islands, whose isolation had protected them for more than two years, are just now grappling with their first outbreaks and deaths, fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant.
Hong Kong, which is seeing death...
Source: TIME: Health - March 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DAVID RISING / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
‘People are dying on the floor’: healthcare workers tell of Covid devastation in Solomon Islands
The Pacific country was coronavirus-free until last month but an outbreak of thousands of cases is overwhelming the health systemFrontline health workers in Solomon Islands have warned that its health system is on the brink of collapse as the country struggles to deal with a devastating outbreak of Covid-19.A senior doctor and two nurses at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in the capital of Honiara have told of how there are no beds for Covid patients – leading to people dying on the floor of the wards – as well as a lack of facilities and staff shortages that have led to Covid-positive nurses being recalled to wor...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Charley Piringi in Honiara Tags: Solomon Islands Coronavirus Asia Pacific World news Science Pacific islands Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Solomon Islands' 1st virus outbreak causes growing concern
The first community outbreak of the coronavirus in the Solomon Islands is spreading rapidly through the largely unvaccinated population (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Solomon Islands coronavirus outbreak causing growing concern
The first community outbreak of the coronavirus in the Solomon Islands is spreading rapidly through the largely unvaccinated population (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The U.S. says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before ... #solomonislands #newzealand #southpacific (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China Opens Embassy in Nicaragua for First Time since 1990 after Taiwan Ties Cut
By Genevieve Donnellon-MayAUSTRALIA, Jan 10 2022 (IPS) For the first time since 1990, China has (re)opened an embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, less than a month after Nicaragua cut ties with Taiwan. The (re)opening of the embassy on January 1, 2022 comes amidst the backdrop of US-China tensions, particularly over trade and Taiwan, as well as worsening Cross-Straits relations.
Genevieve Donnellon-MayChina and Nicaragua officially (re)established diplomatic relations last month. On December 10, Asia time, diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua were officially established. The official “Joint Communiqué on the Res...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Genevieve Donnellon-May Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Economy & Trade Headlines TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination, Department for Transport and DHSC (updated 10th January 2022)
Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.
10 January 2022Novavax (Nuvaxovid and Covovax) added to list of approved vaccines.
5 January 2022Bhutan, Cameroon, Cote d ' Ivoire, Cyprus northern, Fiji, The Gambia, Iraq, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands and Uzbekistan will be added to this list 4am Monday 10 January. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination, DHSC (Updated 5th January 2022)
Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.
5 January 2022 Bhutan, Cameroon, Cote d ' Ivoire, Cyprus northern, Fiji, The Gambia, Iraq, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands and Uzbekistan will be added to this list 4am Monday 10 January. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solomon Islands police find 3 bodies after violent protests
CANBERRA, Australia — Solomon Islands police found three bodies in a burned-out building and arrested more than 100 people in this week's violence sparked by concerns about the Pacific nation's... #protests #solomonislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 burned bodies found in Solomon Islands' Chinatown following days of violent protests
Three charred bodies have been found in a burned out building in the Chinatown district of the Solomon Islands' capital, Honiara -- the first reported fatalities after three days of violent... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 Bodies Found May Be Tied to Protests in Solomon Islands
The police were trying to determine if the charred remains found in the capital’s Chinatown district were linked to the protests, in which demonstrators set fire to buildings. #chinatown #protests #demonstrators #solomonislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Three bodies found after days of unrest in Solomon Islands
Australian police are now helping patrol Honiara, the capital, which was relatively calm on Saturday morning. #solomonislands #honiara #unrest (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solomon Islands unrest: three bodies found in burnt-out building
The badly burnt victims were discovered in a building in Chinatown in Honiara after days of rioting #honiara #solomonislands #rioting #chinatown (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solomon Islands tells public workers to stay home as violent protests continue for third day
The Solomon Islands government has declared a nightly curfew and advised all public servants to stay at home as violent protests continued for a third day on Friday, with crowds gathering at the... #primeminister #crowds #solomonislands #servants #protests (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
