As many island nations attempt to keep the coronavirus out, they also risk getting cut off from the outside world their economies depend on.
of infection, believed to be the highest total of the small Pacific island jurisdictions.
These countries are trying to turn what are typically their weaknesses — isolation and remoteness — into strengths, says Jonathan Pryke, director of the Pacific Islands Program at the Lowy Institute, an Australia-based think tank.
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