Covid-19 related

Vanuatu reports first Covid-19 deaths

The Minister of Health Bruno Leingkon announced the deaths this afternoon.

The two cases are a 22-year-old female and a 5-year-old male who had pre-existing conditions, before contracting the virus.

They passed away at the Vila Central Hospital last weekend.

Leingkon also released the latest figures showing 112 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.