COVID-19 pandemic in the Solomon Islands
Infections from a COVID-19 pandemic in the Solomon Islands have not yet become known. The island state of Solomon Islands is one of the few countries on earth where there are no COVID-19 infected people (as of June 10, 2020).
background
The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .
Location of the islands
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The Solomon Islands are located in the South Pacific east of New Guinea . The island state with around 700,000 inhabitants consists largely of the Solomon Islands to the south, the Ontong Java Islands and the Santa Cruz Islands further east .
The Solomon Islands health system was rated positively in 2011, but it may face challenges. The network of hospitals has a high coverage and consists of a National Hospital, Provincial Hospitals, Regional Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics and Nursing Centers.
activities
In the Solomon Islands, the Ministry of Health there imposed an entry ban on all persons who are not citizens of the Solomon Islands or who do not have a permanent residence permit until July 2020.
All regular flight connections with the Solomon Islands have been cut, the national airline Solomon Airlines suspended all international flights until the end of May at the end of March 2020.
Freight ships can only call at the seaports in the capital Honiara or Noro , cruise ships and yachts are prohibited. Cargo ships may only be unloaded in these ports 14 days after arrival; this period also applies to the crews going ashore. The previous border traffic with Papua New Guinea has been completely cut off.
A ferry with 60 passengers that left the capital of the Solomon Islands on April 2 was caught in high waves and storm winds caused by Cyclone Harold , and 27 people were washed off board and drowned. A 13-year-old boy was among those who drowned. In another source, the Solomon Islands government is accused of being to blame for the tragedy for having expelled the people despite a cyclone warning and no COVID-19 infection or test until April 2 was necessary.
On April 15, the reported the Guardian , that 15 people with COVID-19 are suspected in the Solomon Islands in quarantine and wait for two people on a test result.
The Central Bank of the Solomon Islands believes that economic and supply problems could arise, as 40% of imported goods come from China, Korea, Singapore and Japan.
Web links
- World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
- Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
- Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Which countries have not reported any coronavirus cases? Al-Jazeera, June 10, 2020.
- ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ↑ Tagesschau: “Deeply worried”. WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ↑ a b 27 dead on Solomon Islands ferry: Did it follow coronavirus order? . In: Staradvisor from April 8, 2020
- ↑ Overview . In: SEARO from 2011
- ↑ Solomon Islands: Travel and Safety Advice . In: Foreign Office of April 8th
- ^ Yvette Tan: Cyclone Harold and coronavirus: Pacific Islands face battle on two fronts . In: BBC News of April 15, 2020
- ^ Dan McGarry, Tess Newton Cain: Coronavirus in the Pazific. Weekly briefing . In: The Guardian of April 15, 2020
- ^ The Impact of Corona Virus on Solomon Islands economy . In: Central Bank of the Solomon Islands of March 19, 2020
