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Pacific's 1st case of COVID-19 confirmed in French Polynesia

Pacific's 1st case of COVID-19 confirmed in French Polynesia
French Polynesia president Edouard Fritch [L] confirms the Pacific region's first case of Covid-19 at a news conference in Tahiti on Thursday. [Photo: Supplied / President of French Polynesia]

The Pacific's first case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in French Polynesia.

The carrier was one of French Polynesia's members of the French National Assembly, Maina Sage, who returned from Paris over the weekend.

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Maina Sage [Photo: Tahoeraa Huiraatira party]

Sage had a medical check-up before returning to Tahiti last weekend but showed no sign of illness.

Amid concern over the spread of the virus, she then arranged for another test which came back positive.

[Source:RadioNZ]

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