Free of Coronavirus are 15 Countries including 10 Island Nations

15 countries are free of Coronavirus, including 10 Island Nations
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Which countries in the world don’t have the coronavirus yet – and what is the reason and WHY?  15 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Region don’t have COVID-19 infections.

Isolation and the absence of Tourism may be the key for countries not to have been a victim of the deadly coronavirus epidemic recorded in 209 countries and territories.

With 1,364,566 reported cases of Coronavirus and 74,697 dead people, there are still 15 countries on 3 continents of the world that didn’t report any cases of the deadly virus.

9 of the 15 countries are island nations in the Pacific Ocean. It may show isolation appears to be the best way to keep the virus out. Hopefully, destinations like Hawaii can learn from it and stop allowing flights to arrive from the U.S.mainland or Asia.

Some other countries including North Korea, Tajikistan or Turkmenistan are nations that are known to be isolated and not known for widespread tourism.

So far the following countries are free of COVID-19

  • AFRICA
    Comoros
    Lesotho 

    ASIA

  • CENTRAL ASIA
    Tajikistan
    Turkmenistan
  • NORTHEAST ASIA
    North Korea 
  • MIDDLE EAST
    Yemen
  • PACIFIC OCEAN
    Kiribati
    Marshall Islands
    Micronesia
    Nauru
    Palau
    Samoa
    Soloman Islands
    Tonga
    Tuvalu

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About the author

Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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