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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Oceania |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Melbourne, Australia |
| Arrival date | 25 January 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 4 weeks and 2 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | ≈ 11,313,230 (as of 24 July 2022[update]) |
| Recovered | 10,417,291 (as of 24 July 2022[update]) (partially reported) |
Deaths | ≈ 17,740 (as of 24 July 2022[update]) |
Territories | 28 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne, Australia.[1] The virus has spread to all sovereign states and territories in the region.[2] Australia and New Zealand were praised for their handling of the pandemic in comparison to other Western nations, with New Zealand and each state in Australia wiping out all community transmission of the virus several times even after re-introduction in the community.[3][4][5]
As a result of the high transmissibility of the Delta variant however, by August 2021, the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria had conceded defeat in their eradication efforts.[6] In early October 2021, New Zealand also abandoned its elimination strategy.[7][8]
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- ^ Briggs, Casey (1 September 2021). "Another state has given up on COVID zero. It shows Delta is a formidable foe". ABC News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Corlett, Eva (4 October 2021). "New Zealand Covid elimination strategy to be phased out, Ardern says". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Coughlan, Thomas (4 October 2021). "Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Jacinda Ardern promises easing of some restrictions under transition plan". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.