This was revealed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a national address on Friday.
Mr Sogavare said the country's newly established testing facilities have the potential to carry out more than 3000 tests although the current capacity is at around 500.
He said so far four people who displayed symptoms of COVID-19 have been tested locally.
"Therefore, we have undertaken a total of 17 COVID-19 tests altogether, 13 done overseas and four done in country. All results, negative," Mr Sogavare said.
