Ongoing viral pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu Disease COVID-19 Virus strain SARS-CoV-2 Location Tuvalu First outbreak Wuhan , ChinaArrival date 20 May 2022 Confirmed cases 2,943[ 1] Deaths
1[ 1] Fatality rate Vaccinations 9,505[ 1]
TheCOVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu was part of theworldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reachedTuvalu on 20 May 2022.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people inWuhan ,Hubei Province,China , which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[ 5] [ 6]
Thecase fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower thanSARS of 2003 ,[ 7] [ 8] transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[ 9] [ 7]
Circa 26 March 2020, the acting governor general declared a state of emergency.[ 10] WHO , there had been zero confirmed COVID-19 cases; and as of 15 August, 4,772 vaccines doses had been administered.[ 11] 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.[ 12]
ActingPrime Minister Minute Alapati Taupo on 20 May 2022 announced that three cases were detected in quarantine, while other three cases were suspicious.[ 2] [ 3] [ 13] [ 14]
In 2023, theIMF Article IV consultation with Tuvalu concluded that a successful vaccination strategy allowed Tuvalu to lift coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) containment measures[ 15] [ 16]
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