The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it's all under threat
- Written by Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Centre Associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
Fiji's capital went into lockdown after the Indian variant of the coronavirus leaked out of a quarantine facility.Photo by LEON LORD/AFP via Getty ImagesFor most of the last year, the Pacific Islands have been remarkably isolated from the devastating effects of the COVID crisis. By walling themselves off early from the outside world, most Pacific...
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