COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu

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COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu
Disease COVID-19
Virus strain SARS-CoV-2
Location Tuvalu
Arrival date20 May 2022
Confirmed cases2,943 [1]
Recovered2,805 [2]
Deaths
1 [1]

The COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Tuvalu on 20 May 2022. [3] [4] As of 31 August 2022, a total of 25,591 vaccine doses have been administered. [5]

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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, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. [6] [7]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, [8] [9] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [10] [8]

Timeline

2020

Circa 26 March 2020, the acting governor general declared a state of emergency. [11]

2021

As of 24 August 2021 in reporting to the WHO, there had been zero confirmed COVID-19 cases; and as of 15 August, 4,772 vaccines doses had been administered. [12] On 2 November, a traveller from Tuvalu tested positive when arriving to New Zealand, suggesting possible spread of the virus in the country, but no cases had been officially reported by the local authorities of the country. [13]

2022

Acting Prime Minister Minute Alapati Taupo on 20 May 2022 announced that three cases were detected in quarantine, while other three cases are suspicious. [3] [4]

On 31 October, 140 positives cases were reported by the WHO. [14]

On 3rd November 2022, the government of Tuvalu announced the first community outbreak. [15]

2023

In 2023, the IMF Article IV consultation with Tuvalu concluded that a successful vaccination strategy allowed Tuvalu to lift coronavirus disease (COVID-19) containment measures [16] at the end of 2022. [17]

Statistics

Cases by islands and atolls

Island/AtollCasesDeathsReferences
Funafuti 2,3000
Nanumea 250
Niulakita 20
Niutao 230
Nui 1210
Nukufetau 730
Nukulaelae 25
Vaitupu 2100
Total2,7790 [18]

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