[2] During the first wave, the number of cases peaked at 13, with all being from the military base at Mount Pleasant leaving none from the general population.

[5] The Falkland Islands Infectious Diseases Plan set out stages for the COVID-19 response.

[12] It advised tourists and foreigners to leave the archipelago as it could not guarantee further flights leaving the islands, whilst cruise ships reaching the Falklands would only be allowed to dock if passengers had been on board for at least ten days and if none had developed symptoms of COVID-19, with travel between the islands of the Falklands heavily restricted, and social distancing measures put in place.

[13] On 23 March 2020, Argentina said it had reached out to Britain's ambassador in Buenos Aires to offer material support to the islands.

[15] Two days later, it was confirmed that a child was critically ill with suspected COVID-19 and was being treated at a hospital in Stanley.

[2] All schools and nurseries were closed and all workers not deemed critical told to stay at home.

Additional measures were put in place, and journeys from and to Mount Pleasant Complex needed to be approved.

[31] On 12 January 2021, the Falkland Islands Government announced that was expected to receive 5,200 doses of the AZD1222 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca during February 2021.

[33] On 29 June 2022 the KEMH announced that the COVID-19 virus was considered endemic in the Falkland Islands due to low infection rates.

Patients were no longer required to report symptoms or positive test results to the KEMH.