22 January – Police launch search operations to find nine people from a capsized boat near
Isabel Province. Five men, two women and two children were on board.[1]
31 January – The
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force stop searching for nine people who disappeared at sea on January 15 when their boat capsized. Five men, two women and two children are now presumed dead.[2]
April
3 April – Twenty-seven people died in the country after their boat capsized during
Cyclone Harold.[3]
33 April – Despite having no cases,
the government stepped up checks on incoming visitors and introduced restrictions on visitors who have visited
countries deemed high risk.[4]
25 March – The country declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19.[6]
27 March – Prime Minister
Manasseh Sogavare suspended all
flights into the country, and declared a precautionary state of emergency in
Honiara, by which most entertainment venues would be closed (churches are exempt from the order).[7]