COVID-19 pandemic in Wallis and Futuna

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna on 16 October 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Wallis and Futuna
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationWallis and Futuna
Arrival date16 October 2020
(3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days ago)
Confirmed cases4[1]
Recovered4
Deaths
0

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

March 2020

On 4 March, Wallis and Futuna turned away a cruise ship over fears of infection; the possibility of denying entry to another ship by the end of the month was also under consideration.[7] Incoming flights have also been curtailed, save for those delivering essential supplies.[8]

April 2020

On 23 April, the island began repatriating its 300 inhabitants stranded on New Caledonia.[9]

October 2020

On 16 October, the collectivity reported its first case.[10] On 23 October a new test on the first case was negative, making Wallis and Futuna COVID-free once more.[11]

November 2020

On 12 November, the collectivity reported its second case.[12] Both cases so far have been in persons with a history of travel.

On 24 November, a third case was reported.[13]

References
  1. "Wallis and Futuna: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard". covid19.who.int. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. "Coronavirus: Cruise ship banned from Wallis and Futuna". RNZ. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. "Mise en place des mesures de prévention contre l'épidémie de Covid-19 dans les îles Wallis et Futuna". Government of Wallis and Futuna. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  9. "Wallis-et-Futuna instaure une quatorzaine en mer pour le retour des résidents". Journal de Saint Barth (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. "First Covid-19 case in Wallis and Futuna". Radio New Zealand. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. "Résultats des tests PCR des personnes en confinement-23 octobre 2020 / Actualités / Accueil - Les services de l'État à Wallis et Futuna". www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  12. "Un nouveau cas de covid à Wallis et Futuna". Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  13. "Un nouveau cas de covid détecté à Wallis et Futuna". Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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