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Remote Marshall Islands records its first coronavirus cases

Pacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infection

One of the last coronavirus-free sanctuaries in the world has been breached, with the US military importing two cases of Covid-19 into the remote Marshall Islands.

The Marshalls had been one of the last nations on Earth – most of which are in the Pacific – without a single confirmed case of Covid-19.

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