When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the island nation of Kiribati closed its borders. That meant the disease did not reach the remote country in the Pacific for nearly two years. Kiribati finally began reopening this month, letting a plane carrying 54 of its citizens to return. Many of those on the plane were religious workers from the Mormon Church. They had left Kiribati before the border closure to spread the church’s teachings in other countries. Officials tested each returning passenger three times in nearby Fiji. They were required to be vaccinated and stay in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived home. The measures were not enough. More than half the passengers tested positive for the virus, which has now spread into the community. The government has declared a state of disaster.
Title: COVID Arrives in One of the Last Places Without It
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5435/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='COVID Arrives in One of the Last Places Without It' data-article-id='6025'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9750'>When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the island nation of Kiribati closed its borders. </span> <span data-start-time='9750' data-end-time='17667'>That meant the disease did not reach the remote country in the Pacific for nearly two years.</span> <span data-start-time='17667' data-end-time='27667'>Kiribati finally began reopening this month, letting a plane carrying 54 of its citizens to return. </span> <span data-start-time='27667' data-end-time='33313'>Many of those on the plane were religious workers from the Mormon Church. </span> <span data-start-time='33313' data-end-time='41479'>They had left Kiribati before the border closure to spread the church’s teachings in other countries.</span> <span data-start-time='41479' data-end-time='48438'>Officials tested each returning passenger three times in nearby Fiji. </span> <span data-start-time='48438' data-end-time='57542'>They were required to be vaccinated and stay in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived home.</span> <span data-start-time='57542' data-end-time='60896'>The measures were not enough.</span> <span data-start-time='60896' data-end-time='69375'>More than half the passengers tested positive for the virus, which has now spread into the community. </span> <span data-start-time='69375' data-end-time='72938'>The government has declared a state of disaster. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5435/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18377 data-hint-location='9750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5435/what_is_a_definition_of_the_word_remote.wav'>What is a definition of the word remote?</div><div 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