Chatham Islands, one of world’s most remote places, records first Covid cases

The islands, 800km east of New Zealand, had been among several other isolated nations and territories that had so far evaded the virus

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After nearly two years of dodging Covid-19, one of the most remote inhabited places in the world has recorded its first ever cases of the virus.

Rkohu, or the Chatham Islands, are just over 800 kilometres east of New Zealand's mainland and are home to roughly 600 permanent residents.