French Polynesia

Four more people in French Polynesia have tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total to 51.

Five more people in French Polynesia have tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total to 47.

The French Polynesian government says the Chinese fishing vessel which ran aground in the Tuamotu archipelago last month wasn't involved in any poaching in French Polynesian waters.

An Air Tahiti Nui airliner has returned to Papeete with 130 cubic metres of medical supplies procured in China to combat the Covid-19 outbreak.

The crew of a Chinese fishing boat which ran aground in French Polynesia's Tuamotu archipelago last month is suspected of being involved in shark finning, which would is illegal in the territory.

Another person in French Polynesia has tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total to 42.

Officials at the French High Commission in French Polynesia have taken exception to comments by a leading local politician over the Covid-19 crisis response.

Another person in French Polynesia has tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total to 41.

The French Polynesian government says the Air Tahiti Nui plane sent to pick up medical supplies from China last week is still in Japan.

The number of people with Covid-19 in the Pacific continues to climb with French Polynesia hitting 40 cases and Guam now over 90.

French Polynesia has registered two more Covid-19 cases, raising the total to 39.

French Polynesia's health minister says one of the 37 Covid-19 cases detected so far concerns a local infection.

The Chinese consul to French Polynesia says the Covid-19 virus didn't necessarily originate in Wuhan.

A French government decision to admit some medical staff from outside the European Union won't apply to French Polynesia.

A man in French Polynesia has been given a three-month suspended sentence for planting a cannabis plant in front of the territorial assembly building.

The first people confined for 14 days after their arrival in French Polynesia will today be allowed to come out of their isolation.

The French Polynesian government is offering a set of emergency payments for those hit by the sudden downturn in the economy triggered by the Covid-19 outbreak.

There has been another confirmed Covid-19 infection in French Polynesia, raising the total to 37.

French Polynesia records one more Covid-19 case, now 36

French Polynesia records one more Covid-19 case, now 35.