CNBC | 13 May 2021
- The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it would review coronavirus data from the Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean.
- The health ministry said more than a third of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the week to May 8 had been fully vaccinated.
The Seychelles is causing concern for world health experts after a rise of Covid-19 cases among fully vaccinated individuals.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it would review coronavirus data from the Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, after the health ministry said more than a third of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the week to May 8 had been fully vaccinated.
The Seychelles is viewed as having conducted a very successful vaccination rollout so far; it can boast having the highest share of people vaccinated against Covid-19 anywhere in the world, above Israel and the U.K.
