COVID-19 Update: Kiribati’s Ministry of Health confirmed 201 new Covid-19 cases in the community on South Tarawa, Betio and Buota via PCR tests. The new cases are in home quarantine with mild symptoms, bringing the national cumulative total to 1,744 (42 imported and 1,702 local on South Tarawa, Betio and Buota) plus 32 cases in Butaritari. An 80-year-old woman remains admitted to the isolation centre. School Closures & Learning: With Kiribati 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 details to be announced later. Sea Safety for Health Workers: Life Flight (Fiji) Trust is urging wider use of emergency locator beacons (EPIRBs/PLBs) to speed up search and rescue at sea by sending GPS coordinates to rescue teams, citing recent survival of six medical professionals adrift in Lau waters and noting Kiribati and Tuvalu as examples where beacons reduced search times. Pacific Waste & Health Link: SPREP reports progress under SWAP2, a regional project supported by AFD funding, with Kiribati among participating countries working to improve waste management and cut marine pollution through better infrastructure, capacity building and regional coordination.