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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Mar-Vic Cagurangan

Marshall Islands, haven from Covid for two years, gets 3,000 cases in space of weeks

Marshall Islands received a donation of PPE from Taiwan earlier this month to assist with its Covid response.
Marshall Islands received a donation of protective equipment from Taiwan earlier this month to assist with its Covid response. Photograph: Jack Niedenthal

After dodging the Covid-19 pandemic for two years, the Marshall Islands is grappling to control the spread of infections, which have tripled since the first community transmissions were detected a week ago.

The number of positive cases in the north Pacific nation, which has a population of about 60,000 people, has skyrocketed to more than 3,000 cases with four Covid-linked deaths and seven hospital admissions.

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