"For us the vaccination is mandatory", says a resident of Papeete queueing at a vaccination centre to receive a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. In French Polynesia, where confinement measures have been extended until September 20, the vaccination roll-out was slow to kick-off prior, but now more than 50 per cent of the population older than 12 have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES