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The Solomon Islands government has announced new emergency restrictions in response to confirmation on Sunday of a second case of Covid-19.
Both people tested positive in managed quarantine having only recently arrived onboard a student repatriation flight from the Philippines
They are asymptomatic but have been moved to the isolation ward at the national referral hospital for observation.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he's been advised there is no need for a lockdown at this stage.
Solomon Islands PM, Manasseh Sogavare, has announced the country's first Covid case Photo: SIG