Micronesia’s first Covid outbreak grows to more than 1,000 cases

A plane flies over Kolonia, in Federated States of Micronesia (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Micronesia’s first outbreak of Covid-19 has grown in one week to more than 1,000 cases, causing alarm in the Pacific island nation.

Last week, Micronesia is thought to have become the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbreak of the disease, after avoiding it for two-and-a-half years thanks to its geographic isolation and border controls.