French Polynesia

The French military will repatriate about 20 Rapa Nui people stranded in Tahiti since the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak.

A ninth person has died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 pandemic as 36 people with the disease remain in Tahiti's hospital.

The French prime minister Jean Castex has assured the French Polynesian government of France's continued financial support.

The spread of Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia is accelerating, with almost 100 new infections now being recorded a day.

The Covid-19 pandemic in French Polynesia is continuing to infect dozens of people each day, with another 124 cases reported in the past two days.

The judicial authorities in French Polynesia have rejected a formal request to drop murder charges in the case of the alleged killing of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud.

A seventh death has been reported in French Polynesia's Covid-19 outbreak.

A cruise from Tahiti to the Marquesas Islands has been aborted after several crew members were informed that they were Covid-19 positive.

The two candidates of French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party have been chosen as the territory's members of the French Senate.

French Polynesia will today choose its two members of the French Senate.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti's prison and infected 20 people.

A group in French Polynesia calling itself the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi has been evicted by police from land it had occupied at a marae in Tahiti for four months.

French Polynesia's health authorities say the number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 1469.

The cruise ship company Lindblad Expeditions plans to base one of its ships in French Polynesia from January as it has begun offering journeys for next year.

Three more people have died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 outbreak, which has seen a rise of about 1000 cases in the past month.

French Polynesia's health authorities say the number of Covid-19 cases has risen by another 41 since yesterday to 1394.

French Polynesia has recorded another 35 Covid-19 cases taking their total to 1353.

Air links between French Polynesia and South America are expected to be restarted at the end of March.

French Polynesia's health authorities say the number of Covid-19 cases has risen by 47 for a second consecutive day to 1318.