A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic — but residents of Palau say life right now is far from idyllic.

The microstate of 18,000 people is among a dwindling number of places on Earth that still report zero cases of Covid-19 as figures mount daily elsewhere.

But remoteness is not certain to stop the relentless march of the new disease.

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