French Polynesia

The Covid-19 pandemic on French Polynesia has claimed another 17 lives as a month-long lockdown is about to enter its third week.

The French Polynesia government has been blasted and accused of not being proactive enough to avoid the horrors of the latest Covid-19 surge.

At least another 38 people in French Polynesia have died of Covid-19 over the weekend as pleas continue for more health professionals to be sent from France.

French Polynesia's main hospital has asked the French president Emmanuel Macron to send more medical personnel to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak.

At least another 15 people have died of Covid-19 in French Polynesia, raising the death toll of the pandemic to 385.

The French government has decided to extend French Polynesia's health emergency status until mid-November because of the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia claimed another 17 lives since yesterday, raising the number of fatalities to 328.

Reports from French Polynesia say the Chinese longliner which hit Anuanurunga atoll last month had a malfunctioning radar and used an incomplete map.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia claimed another 54 lives over the weekend.

A two-week lockdown has been imposed in parts of French Polynesia after a rapid surge in Covid-19 infections filled hospitals.

French Polynesia is grappling with a new surge of Covid-19 infections, the delta variant.

French Polynesia is grappling with a new surge of Covid-19 infections, the delta variant.

Police and the public prosecutor in French Polynesia are investigating reports that last week's wedding for Vice President Tearii Alpha flouted Covid-19 rules.

French Polynesia's biggest church says the indigenous Maohi people must free itself from the enslavement by France.

Restrictions are being reintroduced in French Polynesia in a bid to counter a rapidly worsening Covid-19 pandemic.

France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend $US60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.