The Ministry of Health today confirms another death linked to COVID-19 bringing the total deaths to date to four (4) deaths. The person is a 17-year-old with existing underlying health conditions.

Vanuatu Situation Report – Issued 6 April Covering 5 to 6 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 4915 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
• 130 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 124 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 6 on Santo island (Sanma province).

Vanuatu welcomes the arrival of 20,400 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplied through the COVAX Facility .

This is the first lot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines received by the country. Moderna would be the fourth vaccine to be used in Vanuatu, apart from AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and the single-shot Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccines.

Vanuatu Situation Report – Issued 5 April Covering 4 to 5 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 4713 confirmed cases have been reported since the beginning of 2022.
• 189 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 143 on Efate island (Shefa province) and 46 on Santo island (Sanma province).