My second post of all on this site was to make a surface-level comparison between Nauru traditional warrior dress and a hazmat suit. Well it would appear that, taken as a metaphor for Nauru's defence against Coronavirus, it contains some grain of truth, since Nauru remains Coronavirus free exactly three months after lockdown was established in my native UK.
The armour of Nauru is of course not their traditional warrior dress, which I can safely assume is no longer worn day-to-day, but the vast buffering of the Pacific Ocean, and the isolation that necessarily implicates. Nauru Airlines has cancelled all but their fortnightly service to Brisbane, meaning, I assume, that the mandatory two-week quarantine can be served and completed by one batch of passengers before the arrival of the next service on the day of completion.
Quarantainees have been staying at the Budapest Hotel on the north of the island, in the Anabar region of the nation. Nauru president Lionel Aingimea has been giving regular updates to Nauruans, though given the frequent code-switching between English and the native language I am unable to offer any summary of his most recent update.
Nauru remains one of ten sovereign nations in Oceania whose Coronavirus tally remains at zero. Given the re-opening of much of Western Europe and tentative signs that this pandemic might be coming to an end at least here, perhaps Nauru will survive the whole pandemic without a single case.
The armour of Nauru is of course not their traditional warrior dress, which I can safely assume is no longer worn day-to-day, but the vast buffering of the Pacific Ocean, and the isolation that necessarily implicates. Nauru Airlines has cancelled all but their fortnightly service to Brisbane, meaning, I assume, that the mandatory two-week quarantine can be served and completed by one batch of passengers before the arrival of the next service on the day of completion.
Quarantainees have been staying at the Budapest Hotel on the north of the island, in the Anabar region of the nation. Nauru president Lionel Aingimea has been giving regular updates to Nauruans, though given the frequent code-switching between English and the native language I am unable to offer any summary of his most recent update.
Nauru remains one of ten sovereign nations in Oceania whose Coronavirus tally remains at zero. Given the re-opening of much of Western Europe and tentative signs that this pandemic might be coming to an end at least here, perhaps Nauru will survive the whole pandemic without a single case.
