Covid-free Tonga goes into lockdown after five cases are recorded
Two port workers in Tonga's capital of Nuku'alofa, where aid shipments are being offloaded, tested positive late Tuesday before three more cases were found among their families.
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Two port workers in Tonga's capital of Nuku'alofa, where aid shipments are being offloaded, tested positive late Tuesday before three more cases were found among their families.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tsunami-hit Tonga said two wharf workers had come down with COVID-19, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday, but the waterfront workers were not on docks being used by foreign navies to deliver aid.
Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.
Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.
Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.