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COVID-19 doesn't seem to be everywhere yet. Here are 14 countries that say they haven't had a single coronavirus case.
COVID-19 doesn't seem to be everywhere yet. Here are 14 countries that say they haven't had a single coronavirus case.
Sinéad BakerAug 22, 2020, 14:53 IST
The Marshall Islands.Shilo Watts/Getty Images
The coronavirus has reached 188 countries and territories around the world, according to John Hopkins University's tracker.
The pandemic has prompted many countries to impose lockdown measures, fundamentally changing many citizens' lives.
But some countries say they have yet to record a single coronavirus case.
Some have governments that are unlikely to admit if they have an outbreak, while others are remote island nations where it is easier to shield from outsiders.
Here are 14 countries that say they've been free of the coronavirus.
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Samoa
Visitors swim in the To Sua Ocean Trench in Lotofaga, Samoa, in September 2015.
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Marshall Islands
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Solomon Islands
People sit on a coral reef on the Solomon island of Ranongga in 2007.
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Vanuatu
Manaro Voui volcano on the island of Ambae, Vanuatu, in September 2017.
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Tuvalu
Tuvalu.
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Tonga
The funeral procession for King George Tupou V in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, in March 2012.
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Kiribati
Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, in 2004.
AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File
Turkmenistan
A monument for Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Ashgabat in May 2015.
AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin
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Federated States of Micronesia
A plane plane makes its landing approach on Pohnpei International Airport in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia, in August 2019.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Nauru
Nauru.
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North Korea
A man walks his bicycle at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2020.
Associated Press/Cha Song Ho
Palau
Palau.
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Cook Islands
The Cook Islands parliament in December 2009.
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Niue
Local people watch the school sports day at the Niue High School on July 8, 2009 in Alofi, Niue.
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