According to WHO, per 100 vaccination coverage in Micronesia is 38.37.įurthermore, WHO has listed Turkmenistan and North Korea as free of COVID-19, as these two nations have not officially acknowledged any case of the infection.Īlso Read: Dangerous To Assume Omicron Will Be The Last Variant We Can End The Acute Phase Of COVID-19 This Year: WHO Chief It is has of four states – Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap – that together compose the Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesia is spread across the western Pacific Ocean comprising more than 600 islands. According to the WHO data, 58.16 persons per 100 are fully vaccinated in here. Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory situated in the South Atlantic Ocean. Today, according to the WHO list, nearly 68 people per 100 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 here. Situated near Australia, the tiny island nation of Nauru used to one serve as a Japanese outpost during the World War II. 74 people per 100 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 here, as per WHO. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Pitcairn Islands are also listed by the organisation as COVID-19 free. WHO has listed this tiny group of atolls in the South Pacific, near New Zealand as Covid-19 free.Īlso Read: COVID-19 Explained: 10 Things We Know About BA.2 Sub-Variant Of Omicron Pitcairn Islands According to WHO, more than 79 people per 100 are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 here. Niue is situated in South Pacific Ocean and is known for its coal-reef dive sites. According to WHO data, nearly 50 people in Tuvalu are fully vaccinated per 100 population. Tuvalu saved the country from COVID-19 by closing the borders and implementing mandatory quarantine. Island nation of Tuvalu is a group of three reef islands and six atolls. Here is the list of remaining countries with zero COVID-19 cases, as listed by WHO: Tuvalu Similarly, Cook Islands also reported its first case last week. A volcano erupted in Tonga recently, and so COVID-19 out broke after ships brought aid to the island nation. The number of these countries used to be higher until sometime back, but the situation has now changed. Most of these countries and territories are islands in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and are likely to be experiencing the benefit of bordering only the sea.Īlso Read: All Sub-lineages Of Omicron Are More Transmissible Than Delta, Says WHO, Warns Against BA.2 WHO released a country wise breakdown of COVID-19 cases across the world and there are nearly ten nations that have recorded zero cases of the heavily transmissible virus. However, there are some countries that are ‘COVID free’, as per WHO. In the last two years, the world has seen record breaking medical emergencies, overwhelmed healthcare infrastructure and recognised the contribution of the frontline workers, and an overall shift in the lifestyle with masks and COVID protocols, due to the lurking virus. As of February 18, there have been 416,614,051 confirmed cases while 5,844,097 have succumbed to the virus. For when the public pays the public is served.New Delhi: Since reporting the first case of COVID-19 back in December 2019, the world continues to fight the virus and its subsequent variants, 2 years later. If you like what we do, don’t forget to subscribe to Newslaundry.
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