On the Global Pandemic for Week Ending May 9Number of Cases WorldwideAs of May 9, the worldwide statistics for COVID-19 pandemic as reported by Worldometer were: - Total reported cases: 4,005,655. This is 579,273 more than the total reported on May 2 of 3,426,382. The increase in cases compared to the previous week was 570,683. - Total active cases: 2,353,895. This is 261,951 more than the number reported on May 2 of 2,091,944. The increase in total active cases compared to the previous week was 250,668. - Closed cases: 1,651,760. This is 317,322 more than the number reported on May 2 of 1,334,438. This compares to an increase in the previous week of 320,015. - Deaths: 275,669. This is 35,181 more deaths than on May 2, when the toll was 240,488. This compares to an increase in the previous week of 41,956. - Recovered: 1,376,091. This is up 282,141 from the May 2 figure of 1,093,950 and compares to an increase the previous week of 278,059 recoveries. There were 96,262 new cases from May 7 to 8. This compares to the one-day increase in cases from April 30 to May 1 of 94,550 new cases. The disease was present in 212 countries and territories, the same as the week prior. Of these, 56 countries had less than 100 cases, as compared to May 2 when there were 63 countries with less than 100 cases. There are eight countries/territories without active cases this week, up from four the previous week. They are Belize (18 cases; 16 recovered; 2 deaths), New Caledonia (18 cases, all recovered); the Malvinas (13 cases, all recovered); Greenland (11 cases, all recovered); Suriname (10 cases; 9 recovered; 1 death); Papua New Guinea (8 cases, all recovered); St. Barth (6 cases, all recovered); Anguilla (3 cases, all recovered). The five countries with the highest number of cases on May 9 are noted below, accompanied by the number of cases and deaths per million population: USA: 1,318,686 (1,018,180 active; 222,008 recovered;
78,498 deaths) and 3,984 cases per million; 237 deaths per
million Spain: 260,117 (65,410 active; 168,408 recovered;
26,299 deaths) Italy: 217,185 (87,961 active; 99,023 recovered; 30,201
deaths) and 3,592 cases per million; 500 deaths per million UK: 211,364 (179,779 active; recovered N/A; 31,241
deaths) and 3,114 cases per million; 460 deaths per million Russia: 187,859 (159,528 active; 26,608 recovered;
1,723 deaths) The U.S. alone has about 33 per cent of all cases worldwide as compared to 33.28 on May 2. Cases in Europe comprise 39.48 per cent of all cases worldwide, as compared to 41.16 on May 2. A notable change is that Russia had a large increase in cases over the past week and is now the country with the fifth highest number of reported cases worldwide. Cases in Top Five Countries by RegionIn Europe on May 9, the country with the fourth and fifth highest number of reported cases after the three listed above are France and Germany: France: 176,079 (94,067 active; 55,782 recovered;
26,230 deaths) Germany: 170,678 (21,468 active; 141,700 recovered;
7,510 deaths) and 2,037 cases per million; 90 deaths per
million In Italy, the first country in Europe to apply a national lockdown, more than 4 million people were allowed to return to work on May 5. They were also allowed to visit relatives for the first time since March, as long as they do so in small groups and do not travel outside of their home region. Restaurants and coffee bars, until now limited to delivery services, were permitted to offer takeaway options. Parks and public areas reopened. Mourners could attend funerals but only up to 15 people at a time. Social distancing rules remain in force. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government plans to further loosen Italy's lockdown in two-week increments going forward. But he warned that if the coronavirus infection rates or death toll starts to worsen, that timeline could be pushed back. In Eurasia on May 9: Russia tops the list as reported above, followed by: Turkey: 135,569 (45,484 active; 86,396 recovered; 3,689
deaths) and 1,607 cases per million; 44 deaths per million Kazakhstan: 4,834 (3,172 active; 1,631 recovered; 31
deaths) and 257 cases per million; 2 deaths per million Armenia: 3,029 (1,768 active; 1,218 recovered; 43
deaths) Uzbekistan: 2,325 (540 active; 1,775 recovered; 10
deaths) and 69 cases per million; 0.3 deaths per million In West Asia on May 9: Iran: 104,691 (14,313 active; 83,837 recovered; 6,541
deaths) and 1,246 cases per million; 78 deaths per million Saudi Arabia: 35,432 (26,083 active; 9,120 recovered;
229 deaths) and 1,018 cases per million; 7 deaths per
million Qatar: 20,201 (17,819 active; 2,370 recovered; 12
deaths) UAE: 16,793 (12,782 active; 3,837 recovered; 174
deaths) Israel: 16,436 (4,962 active; 11,229 recovered; 245
deaths) and 1,899 cases per million; 28 deaths per million While Iran continues to have the most cases in West Asia, its situation is generally improving despite the brutal U.S. sanctions regime. It has brought the rate of new daily cases under 2,000 since April 8, compared to a peak of 3,186 new cases on March 30. The number of active cases peaked on April 5 at 32,612 cases. The rate of daily deaths peaked on April 4 at 158 and has been decreasing since then, remaining under 100 per day since April 14, and reaching the lowest rate in 11 weeks of 55 deaths on May 8. In spite of the inhuman sanctions, Iran has sent 40,000 COVID-19 test kits to Germany, Turkey and other countries. In Qatar, the number of infections continues to rise. Qatari newspaper The Peninsula reported on April 27 that "Most of the new cases registered are due to expatriate workers working in different occupations who have been in contact with previously discovered cases, as well as recording new cases of COVID-19 among groups of workers from outside the industrial area who were identified through testing by the Ministry of Public Health." Out of Qatar's 2.8 million population, only about 300,000 to 400,000 are citizens; the rest are migrant workers and expatriates. Some 60 per cent of Qatar's population are low-wage migrant workers living in "labour camps" where they are not provided with dignified conditions. They are unable to maintain social distancing and proper hygiene. One of the most vulnerable countries worldwide is Yemen, news agencies report. Before the pandemic, it was already affected by the war waged on it by Saudi Arabia with the connivance of the U.S. and Canada, as well as starvation and cholera. The first cluster of coronavirus infections was confirmed in Yemen on April 10, and humanitarian officials fear the virus will tear through with unprecedented speed and severity. "The factors are all here: Low levels of general immunity, high levels of acute vulnerability, and a fragile, overwhelmed health system," Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement last week. In South Asia on May 9: India: 59,693 (39,821 active; 17,887 recovered; 1,985
deaths) and 43 cases per million; 1 death per million Pakistan: 26,435 (18,306 active; 7,530 recovered; 599
deaths) and 120 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Bangladesh: 13,134 (10,827 active; 2,101 recovered; 206
deaths) and 80 cases per million; 1 death per million Afghanistan: 3,778 (3,197 active; 472 recovered; 109
deaths) and 97 cases per million; 3 cases per million Sri Lanka: 824 (575 active; 240 recovered; 9 deaths)
and 38 cases per million; 0.4 deaths per million In the case of India the statistics are not trustworthy due to the marginalization of the hundreds of millions of migrant daily wage earners who have been displaced. The ruling elite and their state, using the cover of the pandemic, have demanded that the work day be increased to 12 hours. Four states have already issued notifications to that effect. Working people are fighting this latest attack on their rights. Last December, around 250 million people went on strike to oppose these measures. The Reserve Bank of India has revealed that it has forgiven Rs 68,000 crores (CAD$12.56 billion) loans to a handful of defaulters, all big players of the ruling class. Meanwhile hundreds of millions of daily wage earners have no food. The state has deployed the army, police, paramilitary forces, parliament and courts to rob the labour and resources of the people. This is the meaning of the proclamation that India is the "world's largest democracy" i.e., that it is most efficient and advanced in the looting of public funds to the tune of trillions of dollars every year, which is the model of the Indian ruling elite. Also in India, many human rights activists have been arrested by the authorities under trumped up charges like sedition for their postings on social media or speeches during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was enacted in December 2019. Many journalists are either arrested or threatened, students have also been picked up. Communal poison is being spewed out by the affiliates of the ruling party and a section of corporate media inciting beastly hatred on the basis of religion. Reports indicate that the ruling elite want to organize a blood bath, anarchy and violence because it serves them very well. It wants to split the unity and solidarity of the toiling people, Dalits (the so-called Untouchables), farmers, workers, teachers, office workers, health workers etc. Thrown into unemployment by the pandemic, a majority of workers are walking to their villages, along with their children, because they have no money to buy food or a train ticket. The government is doing a huge public relations exercise to claim it is taking people home on trains while the Air Force showers petals from the skies, with videos on social media portraying this great image of India as "vishav guru" -- teacher of the world. In Bangladesh, the international trade union federation IndustriALL is calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to immediately address the impact of COVID-19 on workers, and consult unions including IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC) on the way forward. IndustriALL reports that: "Rushing to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the government declared a general holiday from March 36 to April 5, which was then extended until April 14. With some exceptions, the lockdown was further extended until May 3. "Confusion ahead of the general shutdown resulted in stress and panic, as large numbers of workers, mostly women, were not paid, thousands laid off and many set off on foot and by dangerous modes of transport to leave Dhaka. "Despite the lockdown, many factories are now running, exposing workers to infection. There have been protests of workers demanding payment of wages during the lockdown. "According to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) export orders of 982 million pieces, worth US$3.18 billion have been cancelled or suspended, affecting 2.28 million workers in 1,150 factories. As the global action to support the garment industry gets underway, the crisis is getting worse in Bangladesh. "IndustriALL general secretary Valter Sanches, expressed serious concerns over the health and safety, economic and social impacts of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi workers: "'No worker in any industry should be laid-off/retrenched/fired during the lockdown period. All workers must be paid in full without any wage deduction and Eid Bonus should be paid by May 15. The government should consult unions and set up a tripartite committee to monitor and assess the situation and recommend steps as needed. "'The government should ensure that factory owners provide hand sanitizers, soap, and PPEs for workers. In case workers are diagnosed with the coronavirus, their treatment must be done free of cost.'" In a letter to the European delegation in Dhaka, the IBC underlined, "According to preliminary reports, over 500,000 garment workers will not get any payment due to ongoing unjust lay-offs, which will lead to a massive social crisis. "'We urged the EU delegation to provide possible support Bangladeshi workers and ensure that no brands, buyers postpone or cancels work order and they clear the dues to their suppliers. In order to avoid the humanitarian crisis, the government, brands and employers have to take shared responsibility to ensure that workers' wages and benefits are paid, jobs are secured and they receive social protection.'' China Rahman, IBC general secretary said. In Southeast Asia on May 9: Singapore: 21,707 (19,647 active; 2,040 recovered; 20
deaths) and 3,710 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Indonesia: 13,112 (9,675 active; 2,494 recovered; 943
deaths) and 48 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Philippines: 10,463 (8,033 active; 1,734 recovered; 696
deaths) and 95 cases per million; 6 deaths per million Malaysia: 6,535 (1,564 active; 4,864 recovered; 107
deaths) and 202 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Thailand: 3,000 (161 active; 2,784 recovered; 55
deaths) and 43 cases per million; 0.8 deaths per million The number of cases in Singapore continues to rise, due to the poor living conditions imposed on its large foreign workforce. John Gee, a former president of Transient Workers Count Too noted in an April 28 article that "The vulnerability of male migrant workers to infection is not primarily due to anything that has happened since the outbreak began, but to a pre-existing condition: the status established for them years before COVID-19 appeared. It was constructed from policies, practices and attitudes that housed male migrant workers in crowded accommodation, kept their wages low and made them dependent on keeping the goodwill of their employers in order to remain employed. The workers tolerated poor conditions of accommodation and transportation and other poor treatment, often including putting up with illness rather than seeking medical attention and time off, as the price to be paid for retaining a job. "Simply tweaking the existing conditions will not be enough to put this situation right: a little more living space and a few more showers won't fix it. An overhaul of migrant worker policy is long overdue, but now at least, there may be stronger public support for it than ever before and a readiness to accept that, no matter what pleas of cost or inconvenience may be made, there are minimum standards for the treatment of these fellow human beings that must be affirmed, in deeds as well as words." In Vietnam, with the country going 21 days without any community transmission of COVID-19, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allowed localities to organize events with large gatherings, including sports events and festivals, in public places, but people are still advised to wear face masks and use hand sanitizers. Most non-essential services can resume, with the exception of karaoke parlours and discos. The relaxation of restrictions comes two weeks after the Prime Minister issued a directive asking localities to stop all religious gatherings, sports events and crowded festivals in public places, and extending the closure of "non-essential" business services. He also lifted the requirement for students to wear face masks while studying in class and physical distancing measures in classrooms. Many schools had been splitting study times into morning and afternoon slots with each class split between two rooms and only one student per table. The Prime Minister ordered localities to continue implementation of measures to prevent the risk of infections from abroad. All those returning from foreign countries will be placed under quarantine for 14 days. The suspension of the entry for foreign nationals in place since March 22 remains in effect -- only those with diplomatic or official passports, or coming for special economic projects, are allowed to enter the country under strict medical surveillance. As of May 7, Vietnam resumed local transportation and lifted all social distancing restrictions on buses, taxis, aircraft and trains. But all passengers are still requested to wear face masks. Vietnam's main focus now will be to rebuild its economy. "Speeding up economic recovery and building the country is an important priority task which needs to be focused on at all levels without ignoring anti-pandemic measures," the Prime Minister said. He asked localities and relevant agencies to help remove obstacles for businesses and speed up financial support for poor people and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government passed a VND62 trillion ($2.6 billion) financial support package to support 20 million poor people and those hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Of the package, VND12.4 trillion ($530.7 million) has been disbursed. As of May 9, Vietnam reported a total of 288 cases, with 241 recovered, 47 active cases and no deaths. In East Asia on May 9: China: 82,886 (260 active; 77,993 recovered; 4,633
deaths) and 58 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Japan: 15,575 (9,839 active; 5,146 recovered; 590
deaths) and 123 cases per million; 5 deaths per million South Korea: 10,822 (1,082 active; 9,484 recovered; 256
deaths) and 211 cases per million; 5 deaths per million Taiwan: 440 (79 active; 355 recovered; 6 deaths) and 18
cases per million; 0.3 deaths per million In North America on May 9: USA: 1,318,686 (1,018,180 active; 222,008 recovered;
78,498 deaths) and 3,984 cases per million; 237 deaths per
million Canada: 66,326 (31,811 active; 29,948 recovered; 4,567
deaths) and 1,757 cases per million; 121 deaths per million Mexico: 29,616 (8,874 active; 17,781 recovered; 2,961
deaths) and 230 cases per million; 23 deaths per million The political crisis in the U.S. -- a failed state whose ruling elite cannot govern with legitimacy nor provide for the needs of its people -- continues to exacerbate the pandemic situation there. The crisis of legitimacy and credibility of the whole status quo has deepened with the President publicly suggesting people can drink and inject themselves with household disinfectants. People are looking for solutions for the problems they face, based on the foundation of affirming the rights of all. While patting himself on the back for doing a "great job," President Trump admitted in a May 3 interview that the total number of deaths in the U.S. due to the pandemic could surpass 100,000. Meanwhile, the disinformation, deception and fraud of the ruling elite continues. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that the government has "overwhelming evidence" that the COVID-19 virus was made in a lab in Wuhan, China. They do not want the people in the U.S. to look at their own economic system, political process and inhuman conditions which are forced on them. Just like before the 2016 presidential election when the Republican Party blamed China for unemployment and immigrants for joblessness, it has instructed members and supporters not to defend Trump for the hundreds of lies he tells, but to go after China. Trump is suggesting that he may slap tariffs on China and Republicans are saying that the administration may not honour the more than $3 trillion debt that the Chinese are holding in the form of Treasury Bills and other debt instruments. Workers in meat processing plants that have been opened by Trump's April 28 executive order, are calling on people to join a campaign for Meatless Mondays to highlight the dangerous working conditions, where they have to work without personal protective equipment. As of May 1, there were COVID-19 outbreaks in at least 115 plants in 19 states, with 4,913 workers made sick and 20 deaths, figures that are considered conservative due to some plants not providing information. One of the CEOs of these meat companies has blamed the workers and their "culture" for the spread of the virus. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is bringing in legislation so that the corporations cannot be held liable for violations of safety regulations at the place of work. The corporations are using the cover of the pandemic to wipe out legal recourse for their egregious conduct and lack of standards. This is the ugly reality of the liberal democratic institutions that the ideologues of the monopolies sing hosannas to. In Central America and the Caribbean on May 9: Dominican Republic: 9,376 (6,710 active; 2,286
recovered; 380 deaths) and 864 cases per million; 35 and deaths
per million Panama: 7,868 (6,757 active; 886 recovered; 225 deaths)
and 1,824 cases per million; 52 deaths per million Cuba: 1,741 (589 active; 1,078 recovered; 74 deaths)
and 154 cases per million; 7 deaths per million Honduras: 1,685 (1,426 active; 154 recovered; 105
deaths) and 170 cases per million; 11 deaths per million Guatemala: 832 (719 active; 90 recovered; 23 deaths)
and 46 cases per million; 1 death per million In South America on May 9: Brazil: 145,328 (80,081 active; 55,350 recovered; 9,897
deaths) and 684 cases per million; 47 deaths per million Peru: 61,847 (41,121 active; 19,012 recovered; 1,714
deaths) and 1,876 cases per million; 52 deaths per million Ecuador: 30,298 (25,211 active; 3,433 recovered; 1,654
deaths) and 1,717 cases per million; 94 deaths per million Chile: 25,972 (13,518 active; 12,160 recovered; 294
deaths) and 1,359 cases per million; 15 deaths per million Colombia: 9,456 (6,749 active; 2,300 recovered; 407
deaths) and 186 cases per million; 8 deaths per million In Brazil, the self-serving actions and corruption of the Bolsonaro government are the main factor in the worsening pandemic situation, where the daily rate of new infections and daily deaths continues to rise sharply. President Jair Bolsonaro continues to reiterate his rejection of the social distancing and self-isolation to contain the pandemic. Many specialists believe that the total number of people infected by COVID-19 could be 15 times higher than reported by the authorities because only serious cases are being tested. On March 18, an impeachment request was filed against Bolsonaro by legislators of the Socialism and Liberty Party, asserting the president was not following the necessary health procedures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, making the Brazilian population more vulnerable to the coronavirus. The impeachment request came two days after the president took part in a rally calling for the closure of the House of Representatives and the return of military rule. The impeachment request has been signed by more than one million people so far. In April, Bolsonaro fired the Health Minister for following World Health Organization guidelines to stop the pandemic, and is also accused of undermining attempts by governors and municipal authorities to implement social distancing measures. On May 1, in a video posted on social media, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the post coronavirus pandemic world needs to transform the social relations in Brazil. "History teaches us that huge tragedies tend to give birth to huge transformations. What we hope for, what I hope for, is that the world that comes after the coronavirus will be a universal community in which men and women, in harmony with nature are at the centre of it, with technology and economics working for them and not the other way around, as has happened till today. In the post coronavirus pandemic world that I hope for, let the collective will triumph over the individual and let generosity and solidarity triumph over profit." Lula pointed to capitalism as responsible for the crisis and highlighted that it is the workers who guarantee global production. "Three hundred thousand cadavers were necessary for humanity to see the truth that we, the workers, have known since we were born. The coronavirus tragedy has shed light on an immutable truth: what sustains capitalism is not capital. It is us, the workers. It is this truth, long known to us, that is leading the major economic publications in the world, the Bibles of the global elite, to claim that capitalism's days are numbered. It surely does. It is moribund. Now the task of constructing the new world to come is in our hands, the hands of workers." When referring to Jair Bolsonaro, Lula suggested that great tragedies reveal "the true nature of people and things," adding that "I am not only referring to the president's trivialization of the memory of more than 5,000 Brazilians who have died from Covid. The pandemic has left capitalism naked." The former president also spoke of the importance of solidarity within the working class at this moment in time. "Brazil has always been a land of hope. Regardless of the extreme difficulties, we that were born and grew up here know how to face them, and how to reinvent ourselves in order to grow. Hate and ignorance feed off each other and are the opposite of what's inside the Brazilian soul. As a Brazilian, I am certain we will overcome this tragedy and enter a better world, a better Brazil. It is now, in the middle of the storm that Brazilians are showing who they really are, what we are: generous, tolerant and full of solidarity. It is with this spirit, this joy and this creativity that we are fighting to leave the darkness and bring about, as quickly as possible, the dawn of social justice, of equality and freedom." Although the forecasts for employment in Latin America and the Caribbean were not good before the spread of COVID-19, after the advent of the pandemic they only worsened. "We are facing a massive destruction of jobs, and this poses a challenge of unprecedented magnitudes in the labor markets of Latin America and the Caribbean," the Regional Director of the ILO Vinicius Pinheiro said. "From now on we know that at the same time that the health emergency is overcome, we will have to face a true reconstruction of our labor markets." The catastrophic impact of the pandemic on the region, according to the ILO, would entail the loss of at least 14 million full-time workers, a figure that reflects both the redundancies and the temporary reduction in working hours. The so-called informal labour market is a problem in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are at least 140 million people in the region working "informally," representing about 54 per cent of workers, who lack recognized, registered, regulated or protected jobs under labour legislation and social protection. Now all those people face even worse conditions with the crisis. "Among workers in the informal economy significantly affected by the crisis," the ILO says, "women are over-represented in high-risk sectors: 42 percent of women workers work in these sectors, compared to 32 percent of men." According to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Barcena, the COVID-19 crisis could increase the number of poor in the region to 220 million, while the number of people living in extreme poverty could reach 90 million. For its part, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that while thousands are losing their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 measures, it is expected that hunger and poverty will increase in the region that already had food security problems. In Africa on May 9: South Africa: 8,895 (5,564 active; 3,153 recovered; 178
deaths) and 150 cases per million; 3 deaths per million Egypt: 8,476 (6,028 active; 1,945 recovered; 503
deaths) and 83 cases per million; 5 deaths per million Morocco: 5,711 (3,201 active; 2,324 recovered; 186
deaths) and 155 cases per million; 5 deaths per million Algeria: 5,369 (2,414 active; 2,467 recovered; 488
deaths) Ghana: 4,012 (3,671 active; 323 recovered; 18 deaths)
and 129 cases per million; 0.6 deaths per million As of May 9, the African continent as a whole has reported 58,528 total cases. The COVID-19 pandemic could "smoulder" in Africa for several years after killing as many as 190,000 people in the coming 12 months, the World Health Organization has said, based on research in 47 countries in the WHO African Region with a total population of one billion. The WHO warned last month that there could be 10 million infections on the continent within six months, though experts said the pandemic's impact would depend on governments' actions. A study released by the organisation this week predicts that between 29 million to 44 million people could become infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail. This "would overwhelm the available medical capacity in much of Africa" where there are only nine intensive care unit beds per million people. "While COVID-19 likely won't spread as exponentially in Africa as it has elsewhere in the world, it likely will smoulder in transmission hotspots," said the director of the World Health Organization's Africa region, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said on May 7. "COVID-19 could become a fixture in our lives for the next several years unless a proactive approach is taken by many governments in the region. We need to test, trace, isolate and treat." "Overall ... we are looking at community spread in some countries ... We are estimating that this will peak in four to six weeks if nothing is done," Moeti told reporters. Most countries have imposed lockdowns of varying severity that appear to have slowed the spread of the virus. "We have to recognise that African governments are doing a lot," said Stephen Karingi, a director at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa. "Projections were that we would be in a war situation by now, but because of the measures taken by governments and communities, transmission rates are lower than we've seen elsewhere." In Oceania on May 9: Australia: 6,914 (738 active; 6,079 recovered; 97 deaths) and 271 cases per million; 4 deaths per million - May 2: 6,767 (929 active; 5,745 recovered; 93 deaths) and 265 cases per million; 4 deaths per million New Zealand: 1,490 (122 active; 1,347 recovered; 21
deaths) and 309 cases per million; 4 deaths per million Guam: French Polynesia: 60 (4 active; 56 recovered) and 214
cases per million New Caledonia: 18 (1 active; 17 recovered) (With files from UN organizations, the ILO, USA Today, Vietnam Express, Brasil de Fato, teleSUR, The Peninsula, Transient Workers Count Too, The Wire and agencies)
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