<span style="color: #222222;">At least 28 ferry passengers were swept overboard in a powerful storm off the Solomon Islands, reports said today.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The passengers were heading from the capital Honiara to West Are'are, more than 120 kilometres away, under a government programme to evacuate people to their home villages during the global Coronavirus epidemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The island nation, with a population of just over 600,000, is one of a dwindling number of countries where there have been no reported Coronavirus cases so far.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Although the government has not yet completed a damage assessment, Australia has donated AUD One lakh in immediate emergency funding.</span><br />''  <br />