COVID-19 pandemic in Tokelau

The COVID-19 pandemic in Tokelau is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Tokelau reported its first confirmed case on 21 December 2022.

COVID-19 pandemic in Tokelau
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationTokelau
Arrival date21 December 2022
Confirmed cases213[1]
Active cases212
Recovered0
Deaths
1
Government website
https://covid19.gov.nu/

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

On 21 December 2022, Tokelau reported its first five cases of COVID-19.[7]

COVID-19 vaccination efforts

On 19 July 2021, the Royal New Zealand Navy warship HMNZS Wellington delivered 120 vials of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Tokelau's Nukunonu atoll, which is sufficient to vaccinate 720 people. Tokelau's population was 1,499 according to the 2016 Census.[8] By 2 August 2022, Tokelau had reported to the WHO that 998 vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

See also

References
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  6. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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  8. Pasilio, Elena (20 July 2021). "Pfizer vaccine roll-out begins in Covid-free Tokelau". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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