French Polynesia’s second wave of COVID-19 toll up

Pape’ete: French Polynesia has recorded another 43 COVID-19 cases since last Friday, in a fresh infection spike coinciding with last month’s abolition of quarantine requirements.

The latest cases were detected in Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora and Rangiroa. The tally was given by the government after appeals had been made on social media for people to get tested who had been at a restaurant event in late July.

One person is in hospital care. Since the quarantine was lifted a total of 50 cases have been confirmed, with 10 of them being imported.