Residents are assured that SIWA will do its best to distribute water from other sources to the affected areas. This would be possible, as a large number of people have left the city in the past few weeks. Repair works could take a few months. Malaita has had an influx of people. This has caused a tilt in balance to sanitation, water supply, medical supplies, education, travel and transport, etc.
Health problems are on the increase.
Important Medical equipment has not been functioning compounding the problem. In Honiara, several wards have been closed down. A Voluntary Trauma Counseling Unit has been set up to counsel nurses and other medical staff affected by the brutal killings. The Management of Solomon Star have announced that it will publish its paper on three days of the week only as newsprint, chemicals and other printing supplies are difficult to obtain. St. Joseph s Secondary School, Tenaru, a catholic institute managed by the Marist Teaching Brothers has closed for the year.