COVID-19 test

The unit said some countries require travelers to provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test prior to entry to their country.

“If you are leaving Vanuatu and require a Covid-19 test, this can be organised through Vila Central Hospital (VCH).”

The fee for the test is 25,000 vatu.

Travelers are urging to request testing at least 72 hours in advance of their flight.

Air Vanuatu will be operating several repatriation and freighter flights between Auckland, Brisbane, Fiji, Noumea and Port Vila from now until July.

Vanuatu has no active cases of Covid-19.

Saturday's broadcast of Little Mix The Search has been postponed as a result.

Its producers said they hoped to be back on air by the following Saturday, 24 October.

They have not revealed who has tested positive or how many, but did confirm that none of the four members of the UK girl band had contracted the virus.

Those who have tested positive "are now self-isolating following the latest government guidelines," a statement said.