COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia

The COVID-19 pandemic has occurred in French Polynesia since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .

The country's president, Edouardo Fitch, announced on May 18, 2020 that there had been 60 infected people in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, four of whom had died and 3496 COVID-19 tests had been carried out. The COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia is over.

location

Location of the islands of French Polynesia

French Polynesia is a French overseas territory made up of a total of 118 islands and atolls in the South Pacific . In February 2004, France adopted a new statute of autonomy for French Polynesia, making it a French overseas territory. This strengthened the position of the local government and the local president, so that France is only responsible for foreign policy, justice, defense, internal security and money. When the UN General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on May 17, 2013 that put the French overseas territory back on the decolonization list, France boycotted this meeting.

course

The first COVID-19 case became known on March 11, 2020 when Maina Sage, a member of parliament from French Polynesia, fell ill. Maina Sage and a member of the House of Representatives later complained about France's lack of material and moral support during the pandemic.

When a Swiss person on a cruise ship fell ill with this infection shortly after the first infection, although the government had in the meantime ordered the cruise ships to land for a month, the state government ordered that all cruise ships that were on their way to the islands of French Polynesia are located to have the next international port to call. Foreign ships that would be in national waters at that time will have to change course towards the port of Papeete . Before they dock there, the ships 'health status is to be reported to the local authorities and it is to be ensured that the passengers are brought ashore and repatriated on the ships' responsibility.

On March 19, all national and international flight and ship connections between the islands were canceled. All public, private, sporting gatherings or any other reason were banned. There are two exceptions to this principle: gatherings at tombs are allowed for a maximum of 20 people and Sunday services for up to 50 people.

A legal lockdown was imposed on French Polynesia from midnight on March 20 . On March 24th, the government decreed the sale of alcohol. Violations would be fined up to 150 dollars cause or a prison sentence of up to one year.

On March 27, the lockdown was relaxed from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. up to and including April 15.

Members of Parliament from French Polynesia decided, in addition to a partial waiver of their parliamentary salary, that this should be paid into a solidarity fund and given as financial support to those people who had lost their jobs a week before this session due to the COVID pandemic. In addition, incumbent President Fitch announced after the meeting that China would deliver an aid shipment with COVID-19 tests and four million nose and mouth masks by plane.

French Polynesia declared itself Convid-19-free on May 19, 2020 and lifted the inter-island travel restrictions for its residents on May 21, with the exception of two islands. The travelers would not have to submit any certified tests, but they would have to be quarantined for two weeks after their arrival.

Web links

• Data on the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in French Polynesia (French)

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19 - What is Covid-19? - Pulmonologists-on-the-Net. In: lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved May 17, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Coronavirus: situation pour la Polynésie française à 16h (French). In: La Présidence de la Polynésie française of May 18, 2020
4. ^ UN General Assembly: Independence for French Polynesia . in: Die Presse on May 17, 2023
5. ↑ Tahiti parliamentarian is Pacific's first coronavirus case (English). In: Radio New Zealand on March 11, 2020
6. ↑ ^{a b} Curfew from tonight across all of French Polynesia (English). In: Radio New Zealand on March 27, 2020
7. ↑ Coronavirus: 2 more covid-19 cases in French Polynesia (English). In: Radio New Zealand on March 13, 2020
8. ↑ Déclaration du Haut-Commissaire sur les adaptations aux mesures de confinement dans les archipels à l'exception de Tahiti et Moorea (French). In: Haut-Commissaire of April 17, 2020
9. ^ Déclaration commune du Haut-commissaire et du Président au sujet du coronavirus (French). In: La Présidence de la Polynésie française of March 20, 2020
10. ↑ "manuia" interdit pendant le confinement général (French). In: Polynésie la 1ère of March 26, 2020