COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It has since spread elsewhere in the region,[2] although many small Pacific island nations have thus far avoided the outbreak by closing their international borders.

COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
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Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania

     10,000+ Confirmed cases      1000-9999 Confirmed cases      100-999 Confirmed cases      10–99 Confirmed cases

     1–9 Confirmed cases
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationOceania
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arrival date25 January 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 4 days ago)
Confirmed cases11,014
Recovered9,945
Territories
10

As of 6 July, ten Oceania sovereign states have yet to report a case - Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated State of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

COVID-19 Pandemic In Oceania Media

References

  1. "First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Australia". Australian Government Department of Health. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "WHO COVID-19 Dashboard". 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.