13 February 2022
Radio New Zealand has reported the following stories this morning, Sunday, and I quote.
Solomon Islands Covid-19 cases stands at 4203
The Solomon Islands total number of Covid-19 positive cases now stands at 4203, as of midday Thursday.
The Minister of Health and Medical Services, Culwick Togamana, said a total of 229 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours - 166 in Honiara which represented 72 per cent of new cases and 63 cases from the provinces.
Dr Togamana said in terms of Covid-19 related deaths, the country's total figure stands at 50 - 38 in Honiara, eight in Guadalcanal Province, three in Malaita and one in Western Province.
The country's first case of domestic transmission of the virus was recorded last month.
Over 100 Covid-19 cases for Tonga
There are now a total of 108 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Tonga.
Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku this afternoon announced 44 new infections today.
He said the new cases were identified in the villages of Veitongo, Utulau, Houma and in the Nuku'alofa suburbs of Tofoa and Ma'ufanga.
Kiribati extends curfew as second Covid-19 death recorded
Kiribati has confirmed its second Covid-19 death as the country recorded 62 new cases in the community on Thursday.
The deceased is a 65-year-old woman who was admitted to an isolation centre this week
There are now 2,235 people who have tested positive for coronavirus on South Tarawa, Betio, Buota, Butaritari and North Tarawa.
Samoa drops to Covid-19 alert level one
The Samoan government has decided to downgrade its Covid-19 alert level to one, starting at 6pm today.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa made the announcement this afternoon.
Samoa went into a nationwide lockdown last month after passengers who arrived in Samoa on a repatriation flight from Brisbane tested positive for Covid-19.
Fiame said the number of people that had been affected remains at 31, some have fully recovered and returned negative tests with subsequent release while others are close to making full recovery.
She said because of this Cabinet decided to drop from alert level two to one, and ease State of Emergency orders.
The prime minister said there is still no indication of any community transmission.
From today, the government has extended its nation-wide curfew for another seven days to contain the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus on the atoll islands.
New Caledonia records another day of over 1000 new Covid-19 cases
New Caledonia health authorities say there were 1,101 positive new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday.
This takes the total of those currently affected and in isolation to 14,241.
Auckland hospital outbreak: All patients and staff on two wards to be tested
All patients and staff in two wards for the elderly at Auckland City Hospital will be tested for Covid-19 over coming days, after 13 cases were found yesterday.
Six staff members and seven patients have tested positive for Covid-19, the Auckland DHB confirmed last night.
A staff member from one of the hospital's older people's wards recently became symptomatic and returned a positive result.
After that, five other staff members and seven patients also returned positive results.
The source of transmission and index case is still under investigation.
The Auckland DHB said it had contacted the families of patients who have tested positive and was supporting them.
It said patients and wh?nau who have been at the hospital do not need to take action, unless they are contacted by the public health team or the DHB.
The hospital has temporarily stopped new admissions to the Awatea and Marino older people's wards.
The Ministry of Health announced 454 community cases of Covid-19 yesterday, a new record, with almost 300 cases in Auckland alone.
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Source- Radio New Zealand.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
