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COVID-19 alert in Vanuatu after infected body washes ashore
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu announced its first COVID-19 case last November, which ended its status as one of the world s few virus-free countries. (File photo: AFP/Torsten Blackwood)
19 Apr 2021 04:39PM (Updated:
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PORT VILA, Vanuatu: Vanuatu slapped travel restrictions on its most populous island on Monday (Apr 19) after tests confirmed that a body that washed ashore on the largely coronavirus-free Pacific nation was infected with COVID-19.
Government sources said the deceased was a Filipino sailor whose vessel had left Port Vila a day before his body was found washed up near a village about 5km outside the city on Apr 11.
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Vanuatu slapped travel restrictions on its most populous island Monday after tests confirmed a body that washed ashore on the largely coronavirus-free Pacific nation was infected with Covid-19.
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Government sources said the deceased was a Filipino sailor whose vessel had left Port Vila a day before his body was found washed up near a village about five kilometres (3.1 miles) outside the city on Sunday 11 April.
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