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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

One of world’s most remote places, the Chatham Islands, gets first Covid cases two years into pandemic

Jemma Welch via Reuters

Several years into the pandemic, coronavirus has finally reached one of the world’s most remote inhabited islands.

Two Covid-19 infections were detected over the weekend on Chatham Island, which is located roughly 800km east of New Zealand. The archipelago that shares its name is home to approximately 600 people.

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