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COVID-19 pandemic
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within
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha including Gough Island. Its name wa ...
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Saint Helena
On 27 March 2020 the
Saint Helena government announced a suspected case of COVID-19 in an individual that had been self-isolating since 21 March. Owing to Saint Helena's remote location, no
testing
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facilities were readily available at that time. The case later tested negative.
On 5 January 2021, the first doses of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine, sold under the brand names Covishield and Vaxzevria among others, is a viral vector vaccine for prevention of COVID-19. Developed in the United Kingdom by Oxford University and British-Swedish comp ...
were delivered to Saint Helena and began to be administered.
On 26 March 2021, Health Directorate of Saint Helena reported a low positive case, a passenger arrived by flight on 24 March. The passenger was tested negative on 29 March 2021.
On 27 March 2021, Saint Helena government announced an unspecified number of positive cases on a fishing vessel.
On 5 May 2021, the Government of Saint Helena announced that 3,528 residents had received both doses of the vaccine; this represents 95.1% of Saint Helena's adult population and 77.8% of its total population.
On 3 September, an unspecified number of cases are announced on a flight from United Kingdom.
On 18 January 2022, a new unspecified number of positive cases are detected in home quarantine.
On 21 January, 17 March, 1st and 5th April, new unspecified number of positive cases are reported.
On 20 April 2022, an unspecified number of positive cases are confirmed and other case from an individual tested on 9 April.
On 4 May and 11 May, new unspecified number of cases are reported. Other cases are confirmed on individuals in home quarantine tested on 23 April.
On 2 June 2022, the MV Helena confirmed positive cases on board.
On 27 June 2022, new positive cases are confirmed along passengers from flight arrived on 19 June.
On 5th and 29th July, new unspecified number of positive cases are detected.
On 23 September 2022, 1,355 positive cases are reported.
Ascension
On 16 March 2020, three people who arrived by air to
Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory o ...
showed symptoms of COVID-19. However, on 23 March it was announced that they had tested negative on 22 March.
On 7 September 2020, the Ascension Island Government announced two weak positives cases on two peoples arrived on 4 September with a negative test result. The two cases were tested negative and confirmed as historical infection on 9 September.
On 16 November 2020, the Ascension Island Government reported one other weak positive case, subsequently tested negative on 18 November.
On 24 December 2020, the Ascension Island Government announced a positive case in isolation. The case was tested negative on 6 January 2021.
On 16 February 2021, 1950 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered by the
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
; vaccinations began the next day. By March 25, 798 of Ascension's 806 people (99%) had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
On 16 April 2021, a new positive case is reported on an individual arrived on 14 April and mildly symptomatic. On 26 April, the case is confirmed to be negative.
On 15 July 2021, a mildly symptomatic case is reported. The case is tested negative on 26 July.
3 individuals are tested positive on 9 August 2021, and subsequently tested negative on 23 August.
On 6 January 2022, two positive cases are detected. A new positive case is reported on 19 January.
On 8 February 2022, a new positive case is confirmed.
On 10 March, a new positive case is reported in compulsory isolation. An other case is confirmed on 18 March.
On 4 April 2022, an individual arrived by flight from United Kingdom is confirmed positive.
On 4 May 2022, two individuals arrived by boat from Canada were tested positive.
On 18 May, two individuals arrived by flight on 12 May, previously tested negative, are tested positive.
On 24 June 2022, three new positive cases are reported.
On 29 June 2022, a new positive case is confirmed.
Ascension Island removed all quarantine requirement for travelers on 31 July 2022.
On 9 August 2022, Ascension Island government confirmed the first community case.
As of 9 August 2022, Ascension Island government reported 24 positive cases and 2 historical.
Since 8 August 2022, 170 positive cases are reported.
Tristan da Cunha
On 16 March 2020, the
Tristan da Cunha Island Council
The Tristan da Cunha Island Council is the legislature of the island of Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean. The composition of the Island Council consists of the Administrator of Tristan da Cunha as the presiding officer, plus three appointed ...
on
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helena ...
made the decision, as a precaution, to ban visitors to the island to prevent the potential transmission of the disease to islanders.
On 21 April 2021,
HMS ''Forth'' delivered enough Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the whole island to be completely vaccinated. Vaccinations began on April 28 though data has not yet been released on the percentage of people that have received them.
As of 27 April 2021, there had been no reported cases of the coronavirus.
On 19 July 2021, two positive cases are detected on board of the MFV Edinburgh before disembarkation.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement of the island of Tristan da Cunha, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Locally, it is referred to as The S ...
subsequently entered into lockdown for 10 days.
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