{"id":1139176,"date":"2023-07-18T02:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=90784"},"modified":"2023-07-18T02:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:35:25","slug":"entire-village-tested-as-covid-reaches-third-tokelauan-atoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/07\/18\/entire-village-tested-as-covid-reaches-third-tokelauan-atoll\/","title":{"rendered":"Entire village tested as covid reaches third Tokelauan atoll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/authors\/lydia-lewis\">Lydia Lewis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/\">RNZ Pacific<\/a> journalist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has now cropped up on all three atolls.<\/p>\n<p>The Ulu o Tokelau, or head of government in Tokelau, Kelihiano Kalolo, has announced the territory&#8217;s first community outbreak in Fakaofo atoll.<\/p>\n<p>An entire village has been tested after a man who visited Fanuafala hospital tested positive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Tokelau+covid\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other Tokelau covid reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the positive test, the doctor there decided to conduct a screening of the whole village.<\/p>\n<p>The screening confirmed 15 community cases, as of July 11.<\/p>\n<p>The latest case tested positive after arriving in Nukunonu, the largest atoll in Tokelau.<\/p>\n<p>The latest Tokelau Health Department update shows 56 cases on Fakaofo, the second-largest atoll of the group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atoll at outbreak centre<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the atoll at the centre of the first outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently one covid case in Nukunonu and none in Atafu, though there have been five cases at the border since the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 80 cases in total in Tokelau since the virus arrived at the border in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s General Fono meeting is to be held over Zoom this month because of the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--pL7ys-yv--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1689630270\/4L5OM9V_Tokelau_Covid_Update_jpg\" alt=\"Tokelau Covid-19 Update July 14 2023.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"667\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tokelau Covid-19 Update July 14, 2023. Image: Tokelau Health Department\/RNZ Pacific<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><br>\r\nThis content originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2023\/07\/18\/entire-village-tested-as-covid-reaches-third-tokelauan-atoll\/\" >Asia Pacific Report<\/a> and was authored by APR editor.  <br><\/p>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2023\/07\/18\/entire-village-tested-as-covid-reaches-third-tokelauan-atoll\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has now cropped up on all three atolls. The Ulu o Tokelau, or head of government in Tokelau, Kelihiano Kalolo, has announced the territory\u2019s first community outbreak in Fakaofo atoll. 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