Only 12 countries are free of COVID — 10 of them in the Pacific

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Analysis: Just a dozen countries have recorded no cases of COVID-19. Ten of them are Pacific island nations, directly to Australia's east

looming large, the Pacific states conceded they did not have the capacity to respond to a communicable disease outbreak.

According to Dr Nicholas Thomson, a public health epidemiologist with the Australia Pacific Security College, the decisive response to shut borders has been vindicated. Marie is one of the "market mamas" at Port Vila's open-air marketplace. Her business, selling fresh tropical fruit and vegetables, has taken a hit from the reduced number of shoppers, but she believes the Vanuatu government did the right thing.

 

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