French Polynesia

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.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has spread to Rangiroa in the Tuamotus.

A curfew will come into force in French Polynesia tonight in the latest measure to stem the spread of Covid-19.

Visiting rights at French Polynesia's prisons have been suspended in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia has risen by five to a total of 30.

Eight hundred passengers have been able to fly out of French Polynesia over the past two days as travel plans of thousands have been disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Governments and organisations around the Pacific are looking at ways to financially assist their citizens and people through the Covid-19 crisis.

French Polynesia has banned the sale of alcohol as two more people are diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus, raising the territory's total to 25.