Micronesia has likely become the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbreak of COVID-19. For more than two-and-a-half years, the Pacific archipelago managed to avoid any outbreaks thanks to its geographic isolation and border controls. Those who flew into the country with the disease didn’t spread it because all new arrivals were required to quarantine.
 　However on July 19th, the government announced it had become aware of multiple cases across two of the nation’s four states. In Kosrae State, 25 people tested positive after showing up at a local hospital. An additional 10 people from a family of 11 tested positive after a medical team visited them. Authorities said they had also found seven community cases in the state of Pohnpei. State leaders there have asked all residents to avoid public gatherings and to wear masks at all times.

　密克羅尼西亞有可能是全球人口十萬以上，最後一個爆發新冠疫情的國家。過去兩年半以來，位於太平洋上的這個島國因為地處偏遠和執行邊界管制，一直免於新冠疫情入侵。所有入境人士都必須隔離，所以罹病的旅客並沒有散播病毒。
　然而，七月十九日密克羅尼西亞政府宣布，全國四個州已有兩個州出現多起病例。科斯瑞州有二十五人前往醫院就醫時，篩檢確診。另外還有一個十一人家族在醫療小組上門探訪時，發現有十人確診。官方還指出，彭佩州也有七起社區案例，地方政府領袖已要求所有居民避免群聚，也要隨時戴口罩。