Wallis And Futuna

The remaining people in quarantine in Wallis and Futuna have been allowed to leave their confinement.

The first people to enter New Caledonia without having to go into quarantine are expected on a flight from Wallis and Futuna today.

A special flight has repatriated more than 100 Wallisians and Futunians stranded in New Caledonia because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A three-day disembarkation process has been completed in Wallis and Futuna for 100 residents who had been stranded in New Caledonia.

A first batch of Wallisian and Futunians is today allowed to go ashore after waiting for two months to return from New Caledonia.

A French cruise ship with stranded Wallisians and Futunians has anchored off Wallis to complete their 14-day quarantine.

France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

A new airline is being planned in Wallis and Futuna with the aim to launch first flights in a year.

A cruise ship is on its way from New Caledonia to Wallis and Futuna with more than 100 people who had been stranded in Noumea because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health authorities in Wallis and Futuna say 39 people contracted dengue in the first four months of this year.

Chiefs and parents on Futuna are reported to be at odds with the French prefect over the resumption of schooling.

A cargo ship is due to dock in Wallis today before it sails to Futuna, bringing in much needed supplies.

Customary leaders in Wallis and Futuna have called for the territory's complete isolation by stopping all shipping in the face of the Covid-19 threat.

The New Caledonian government says it hopes to begin with the repatriation of citizens stranded by the Covid-19 crisis by Friday