Vanuatu Situation Report – Issued 7 April Covering 6 to 7 April 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 5125 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
- 179 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 145 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 34 on Santo island (Sanma province)
- A fourth person, a 17 year old female, has died from COVID-19 in Shefa province
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