43 new cases have been reported since Saturday. The virus was again brought by tourists, but also by officials. French Polynesia experienced a
43 new cases have been reported since Saturday. The virus was again brought by tourists, but also by officials.
French Polynesia has experienced a sharp increase in the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in three days, the community’s presidency acknowledged in a press release on Tuesday morning. Some 43 new cases have been reported since Saturday, and a long line stretched to Papeete on Monday in front of the Louis Malardé Institute, which runs tests and analyzes them. A new concern for this area, until now outside the epidemic, with sixty cases between March and July. There have been no deaths related to this virus in any other part of this overseas community.
Announcement of the first cases in March, Polynesia took immediate protective measures: containment and closure of the airline for several months, and a curfew for several weeks.
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But the local economy depends on tourism, and the government has decided to reopen its lines to European and US markets in mid-July, without imposing a lockdown. All passengers, however, must present a negative test before boarding and take a self-sample four days after arrival. The virus was brought back by tourists, but also by officials: every year some of the teachers and gendarmes are replaced by newcomers.
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The clusters are restaurants that organized festive evening activities, but several cases were also detected among the medical staff of the French Polynesia Hospital Center. Tahiti, the most populous island, is the most affected, but there are also cases on Bora Bora, Moorea and Rangiroa.
The anger of the population
According to the presidency, of the 50 cases detected in recent weeks, “only 10 were infected abroad and 38 cases were infected locally.” For the other two positive cases, “no epidemiological link” could be detected.
Back to school is due to take place this week in French Polynesia. For now, the local government has not announced restrictions on gatherings. However, some sports associations, such as rugby, have already suspended their training and competitions.
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The authorities were slow to communicate about these positive cases, which caused the anger of part of the population on social networks. President Edouard Fritch was on a government trip to Rangiroa, an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago. High Commissioner Dominique Sorain, the state’s highest authority, is on vacation on the Aranui cruise ship, where he was disembarked as a suspected case.
Date updated: August 11, 2020, 06:58
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