Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- 24 January – The country issued a travel advisory that required any visitors to the country to have spent at least 14 days in a country free of COVID-19.[1]
- 1 March – A previous travel ban was extended to China, Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Iran.[2]
- 18 March – All incoming international travel was indefinitely suspended, as well as some intra-island flight services, as a result of the pandemic.[3]
- 14 September – It was announced that President David Kabua and the leaders of Palau, Kiribati, Nauru, and the Federated States of Micronesia will be hosting an in-person meeting. President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea said the leaders agreed to attend Palau's Independence Day on October 1 as the five Pacific countries remain free of COVID-19.[4]
- 17 December – Marshall Islands police find a 5.5-meter (18-foot) fibreglass boat at Ailuk Atoll with 649 kilograms (1,430 pounds) of cocaine worth an estimated USD $80 million. This is the largest drug bust in Marshall Islands history.[5]
