Vanuatu Situation Report #74 Issued 20 March-Covering 19-20 March 2022

SUMMARY AND DISEASE BURDEN

  • On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level.
  • On 07 March 2022, Efate and Offshore Islands moved to Alert Level 3: Very High, due to large-scale community transmission. All provinces of Vanuatu are on Alert Level 3 given reports of cases or movement of contacts of cases in the six provinces of Vanuatu.
  • A total of 1,025 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
  • 88 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 77 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 11 on Santo island (Sanma province).
  • 3 cases are currently hospitalised due to COVID-19, with 1 critically ill.