The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna on 16 October 2020.

[3] On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.

[12] On 23 October a new test on the first case was negative, making Wallis and Futuna COVID-free once more.

[26][27] From late November 2021, travelers entering Wallis and Futuna were required to undergo three-day quarantine at a local hotel following the detection of an imported case from New Caledonia the previous week.

Travelers entering the territory are still required to undergo pre-departure quarantine in New Caledonia.