2020 in the Marshall Islands explained

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Events in the year 2020 in the Marshall Islands.

Incumbents

• President: Hilda Heine (until January 13) David Kabua (from January 13)
• Speaker of the house: Kenneth Kedi

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]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
• 2020 in Oceania
• 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season
• 2020–21 South Pacific cyclone season

Notes and References

1. News: Johnson. Giff. 25 January 2020. Marshall Islands bans direct travel from China. Radio New Zealand. live. 28 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125183541/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/408140/marshall-islands-bans-direct-travel-from-china. 25 January 2020.
2. News: Johnson. Giff. 1 March 2020. Marshall Islands prepares for coronavirus to come 'like a freight train'. RNZ. live. 1 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301124311/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/410714/marshall-islands-prepares-for-coronavirus-to-come-like-a-freight-train. 1 March 2020.
3. Web site: 19 March 2020. Coronavirus: Two more cases confirmed in Guam. . 18 March 2020.
4. Web site: 2020-09-14. Palau to host in-person Micronesian leaders summit. 2020-09-24. RNZ. en-nz.
5. News: Record cocaine haul found on 'ghost boat' in Marshall Islands . December 17, 2020 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . December 17, 2020 . en.