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COVID-19 Tracker: Pacific Islands

An overview of how countries in the Pacific Islands are faring with the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of cases and vaccine procurement.

March 5, 2021
COVID-19 Tracker: Pacific Islands
SOURCE: IGORVERSHINSKY

AUSTRALASIA


Australia

  • Vaccine Candidates: Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca, and Novavax
  • Procurement Status: AstraZeneca, Novavax procured
  • Inoculation Schedule: tentatively starts late February
  • Total Cases: 28,860
  • Deaths: 909
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): 66
  • Mortality Rate: 3.15%


New Zealand

  • Vaccine Candidates: Pfizer/BioNtech
  • Procurement Status: partly procured
  • Inoculation Schedule: started February 20
  • Total Cases: 2,324
  • Deaths: 25
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 1.07%

MELANESIA

Fiji

  • Vaccine Candidates: N/A
  • Procurement Status: expected in the second half of 2021
  • Inoculation Schedule: N/A; working on developing an inoculation program
  • Total Cases: 56
  • Deaths: 2
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 3.6%

 

New Caledonia

  • Vaccine Candidates: Pfizer/BioNtech
  • Procurement Status: procured January 11
  • Inoculation Schedule: begun January 30
  • Total Cases: 50
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

 

Papua New Guinea

  • Vaccine Candidates: 4 undisclosed vaccines recommended by the government
  • Procurement Status: in process
  • Inoculation Schedule: tentatively starting March
  • Total Cases: 900
  • Deaths: 9
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 1%

 

Solomon Islands

  • Vaccine Candidates: Pfizer/Biotech
  • Procurement Status: tentatively delivered in Q1
  • Inoculation Schedule: N/A
  • Total Cases: 18
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

 

Vanuatu

  • Vaccine Candidates: through Gavi-Covax Initiative
  • Procurement Status: not procured yet
  • Inoculation Schedule: N/A
  • Total Cases: 1
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

MICRONESIA

Federated States of Micronesia

  • Vaccine Candidates: N/A
  • Procurement Status: N/A
  • Inoculation Schedule: N/A
  • Total Cases: 0
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

 

Kiribati

  • Vaccine Candidates: N/A
  • Procurement Status: N/A
  • Inoculation Schedule: N/A
  • Total Cases: 0
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

 

Marshall Islands

  • Vaccine Candidates: Moderna, possibly Johnson & Johnson
  • Procurement Status: partly procured mid-January
  • Inoculation Schedule: in progress
  • Total Cases: 4
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%


Data N/A for Nauru and Palau.


POLYNESIA

Samoa

  • Vaccine Candidates: candidates undisclosed by the government
  • Procurement Status: N/A
  • Inoculation Schedule: possibly starting February
  • Total Cases: 2
  • Deaths: 0
  • Daily Average Cases (Last 7 Days): N/A
  • Mortality Rate: 0%

 

Data N/A for Tonga and Tuvalu.