Covid crisis in French Polynesia surpasses deadly surge in Caribbean

August 20, 2021 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Staff at the hospital in Taaone, Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, have been forced to install two dozen beds in the entry hall to the establishment.

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The Pacific territory of French Polynesia is now reporting 2,731 coronavirus infections for every 100,000 inhabitants, far in excess of the disastrous figures in the French Caribbean territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Fewer than 30 percent of French Polynesians have been fully vaccinated, reports RFI.

Covid crisis in French Polynesia surpasses deadly surge in Caribbean

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