Vanuatu Ministry of Health COVID-19 Updates

Ministry of Health confirms five new deaths linked to COVID-19

Published: 22 April 2022 Hits: 279

The Ministry of Health today confirms five (5) new deaths linked to COVID-19 bringing the total number of deaths to date to 12 deaths.

Published: 21 April 2022 Hits: 536

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.
As of 08 April 2022, Shefa and Sanma provinces are at Alert Level 3 (Very High) due to large-scale community transmission. The other four provinces of Vanuatu are at Alert Level 1 (Medium Risk) due to the risk of importation of COVID-19 to other provinces.
A total of 6458 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
41 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 6 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 35 on Santo island (Sanma province).
Currently, there is 0 case hospitalized directly due to COVID-19 infection in SHEFA and 0 hospitalized cases reported in SANMA.
The decrease of the confirmed cases reported reflects the slowdown of the testing activities during the easter celebrations.

Published: 19 April 2022 Hits: 481

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.
As of 08 April 2022, Shefa and Sanma provinces are at Alert Level 3 (Very High) due to large-scale community transmission. The other four provinces of Vanuatu are at Alert Level 1 (Medium Risk) due to the risk of importation of COVID-19 to other provinces.
A total of 6401 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
15 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 1 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 14 on Santo island (Sanma province).
The decrease of the confirmed cases reported reflects the slowdown of the activities during the easter celebrations .

Published: 19 April 2022 Hits: 433

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.
As of 08 April 2022, Shefa and Sanma provinces are at Alert Level 3 (Very High) due to large-scale community transmission. The other four provinces of Vanuatu are at Alert Level 1 (Medium Risk) due to the risk of importation of COVID-19 to other provinces.
A total of 6386 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
12 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 8 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 4 on Santo island (Sanma province).
The decrease of the confirmed cases reported reflects the slowdown of the activities during the easter celebrations .

Published: 17 April 2022 Hits: 303

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.
As of 08 April 2022, Shefa and Sanma provinces are at Alert Level 3 (Very High) due to large-scale community transmission. The other four provinces of Vanuatu are at Alert Level 1 (Medium Risk) due to the risk of importation of COVID-19 to other provinces.
A total of 6332 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
17 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 8 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 9 on Santo island (Sanma province). Number of tests conducted has decreased over the reporting period explaining the decrease of cases over the same period.