Covid-19 Update: Kiribati’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services reports 201 new Covid-19 positive cases in the community on South Tarawa, Betio and Buota from PCR tests; the new cases are in home quarantine with mild symptoms, while an 80-year-old patient remains in hospital. School Disruption: Because the country is still on alert level 3, the Ministry of Education has cancelled the first term of school scheduled for 14 February and will shift to remote learning, with the resumption date to be announced later. Sea Safety: Life Flight (Fiji) Trust is urging wider use of emergency locator beacons (EPIRBs/PLBs) to speed up search and rescue at sea, pointing to recent Lau waters rescues and citing Kiribati and Tuvalu as places where locator beacons have helped reduce search times and improve outcomes.