Vanuatu's prime minister has confirmed four people tested positive for Covid-19 at the border.
Bob Loughman said the new cases were all on repatriations flights, three on a flight from New Caledonia and one on a flight from Australia.
Mr Loughman said samples of the cases will be sent overseas to determine the Covid-19 variant.
He said there is no evidence of community transmission.
The Ministry of Health will test 10 other passengers who came on the Brisbane and Noumea flights to determine their Covid-19 status.
Following the detection of the four border cases, the prime minister declared that repatriation flights will be suspended until contact tracing of the recent cases are done.
Source:
RNZ Pacific