Island Fever: Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to Small Island Populations
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a particular threat to small island states and populations where adequate medical services, especially those necessary to deal with a pandemic, are inadequate. Aitutaki, a remote atoll of the Pacific island nation of the Cook Islands, showed more counter-infection professionalism than did the United States executive administration when it barred entry into its port of Arutanga Harbor of the cruise ship “MSC Magnifica” because it was carrying Italian passengers and had originated in Italy.
