Chatham Islands, one of world’s most remote places, records first Covid cases

The Chatham Islands, 800 kilometres off the New Zealand mainland, has recorded its first cases of Covid-19. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

After nearly two years of dodging Covid-19, one of the most remote inhabited places in the world has recorded its first ever cases of the virus.

Rēkohu, or the Chatham Islands, are just over 800km east of New Zealand’s mainland and are home to roughly 600 permanent residents.