COVID-19 in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands: A timeline of events and lessons learned from March 2020-November 2022

• Main Authors: Haley L. Cash McGinley (Author), W. Thane Hancock (Author), Stephanie Kern-Allely (Author), Melissa Jenssen (Author), Emi Chutaro (Author), Janet Camacho (Author), Pedro Judicpa (Author), Kazuhiro Okumura (Author), Nick Muñoz (Author), Oluwatomiloba M. Ademokun (Author), Richard Brostrom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPIs) experience many health disparities, including high rates of non-communicable disease and limited health resources, making them particularly vulnerable when SARS-CoV-2 began circulating globally in early 2020. Therefore, many USAPIs closed their borders earl...