Micronesia confirms local Covid infections

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 21, 2022 12:12 am

MAJURO, Marshall Islands: The tiny Pacific state of Micronesia has lost its status as one of the few coronavirus-free countries after confirming community cases on two of its islands.

Apart from a few isolated border cases in managed quarantine, the Federated States of Micronesia had remained free of Covid-19 due to its location, about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) north of Papua New Guinea.

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