
Headline: Tonga Enters Lockdown After First COVID Case Recorded
Tonga’s main island has gone into a week-long lockdown just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first case of Covid-19.
Tonga’s main island has gone into a week-long lockdown just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first case of Covid-19.
Tonga has recorded its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a traveller from New Zealand tested positive. The country’s Prime Minister, Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, said the index case is among 215 passengers who arrived on a flight from the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Wednesday. The patient, whose details remains unknown, […]
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