As Vanuatu’s main island emerges from a 72-hour lockdown, residents in the capital Port Villa say the government has failed to properly plan for a coronavirus outbreak. Ten new cases have been confirmed in the community this week. Residents on the island of Efate must still abide by strict restrictions, but some have complained the rules are not clear. Dickinson Tevi, the Secretary general of the Vanuatu Red Cross, tells The World how the outbreak started.

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