Defence representatives will fly to Pacific Island nations to assess Australian-made Guardian Class Patrol Boats after the vessels were found to have “a potential fault".
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Nine more covid infections in French Polynesia
French Polynesia s Covid-19 tally has breached the 19,000 cases mark after another nine infections were recorded over the weekend.
Daily infection numbers have however plummeted to single digits after peaking in November when French Polynesia had the fastest propagation rate of the pandemic outside Europe.
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Six cases of the Delta variant were discovered last week.
More than 60,000 people have been fully vaccinated and since last week, there is no curfew.
Gatherings continue to be restricted to a maximum of 25 people and in enclosed spaces, masks have to be worn by people aged 11 and older .