A COVID-free Pacific nation opened its border a crack after two years. The virus came rushing in.
to bring home missionaries originally from Kiribati who had been stuck overseas.
The government declared a state of disaster on Jan. 22, ordering a lockdown and curfew. It’s unclear how the virus spread from those on the plane into the community, but on Monday,confirmed 96 new positive cases that had been cases transmitted in the community, bringing the total number of cases to 460.
He says that many are angry at the government for opening the borders when Fiji, a gateway to the country, is experiencing an outbreak—and before vaccination rates reached higher levels. “I think it’s gotten way out of hand,” he says. “We had two years to prepare for this. People are saying the government is not doing a good job, what has it been doing for the past few years?”
Tukuitonga says that in at least some Pacific countries, he expects high vaccination rates to cushion the blow to health systems, but he adds that boosters should be rolled out as soon as possible to contend with the omicron variant.This Tiny Nation Has Zero Coronavirus Cases. After a Devastating Cyclone, It’s Refusing Foreign Aid Workers to Keep It That Way
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