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First Covid-19 related death in Wallis and Futuna

by Thomas Wilson | Mar 20, 2021 | Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

An 83-year-old Futunian woman died on saturday 21 March, at Sia Hospital, on Wallis island, from...

Covid-19: New Caledonia under lockdown

by Ted Wood | Mar 13, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

On Sunday 7 March, the authorities of New Caledonia have declared a two-week lockdown after the...

Covid-19: New Caledonia is confined

by Ted Wood | Mar 7, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia

Until now, New Caledonia was the only developed country in the world without covid patients. This...

Covid-19 : France delivers first vaccines to New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jan 5, 2021 | Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia

The government of New Caledonia announced on Tuesday 5 January the forthcoming arrival of a batch...

Covid-19: 30,000 to 75,000 cases since March in Tahiti

by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2020 | Healthcare, Tahiti, Travel

10 and 25% of the population has been contaminated. Too little to cause herd immunity. Epidemiologists from the country’s Covid platform, with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO), have estimated the number of...

A mass for the the new rescue center in Wallis

by Thomas Wilson | Dec 9, 2020 | Healthcare, Religion, Wallis and Futuna

After the mass and the blessing of the brand new rescue centre and its vehicles, on Wallis island,...

The rich Southern Province is in serious budgetary difficulties

by Ted Wood | Dec 4, 2020 | Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

It has decided to stop funding social measures New Caledonian institutions are currently experiencing serious difficulties in presenting a balanced budget. The South Province, the richest of the three provinces, decided to take...