After 2 Years After Covid Outbreak, This Island Reports Its First Case

 The coronavirus become detected in a 10-12 months-antique boy in Cook Islands quarantining after arriving on a repatriation flight together along with his own circle of relatives on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Brown stated.

The Cook Islands on Saturday recorded its first case of Covid-19 because the pandemic began, because the South Pacific usa edges towards reopening its borders to tourists.

The country of round 17,000 humans has one of the maximum vaccination prices globally, with ninety six percentage of the eligible populace double-dosed.

The virus become detected in a 10-12 months-antique boy quarantining after arriving on a repatriation flight together along with his own circle of relatives on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Brown stated in a statement. The boy become believed to have flown in from New Zealand.

"We had been getting ready ourselves for the time we reopen our borders. Our checking out regimes have proven the price of that coaching with the aid of using catching this example on the border," Brown stated.

The island country, which close itself off from the arena whilst the pandemic hit, has introduced plans to renew quarantine-loose journey with New Zealand on January 14.

A short-lived journey bubble with New Zealand become paused in advance this 12 months whilst a pandemic of the virus emerged in Auckland.