COVID-19 pandemic in Vanuatu | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Vanuatu |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Port Vila |
Arrival date | 11 November 2020[1] (4 years and 3 weeks ago) |
Confirmed cases | 4[1] |
Suspected cases‡ | 0 |
Recovered | 3 |
Deaths | 1[2] |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vanuatu is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case in Vanuatu was confirmed on 11 November 2020.[1] The Vanuatuan Government and groups such as the Vanuatu Red Cross support and encourage vaccination against COVID-19.[3]