Tonga is in lockdown for COVID-19 after having avoided the virus for two years
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Tonga had managed to avoid COVID-19, but amid recovery efforts from a volcanic eruption and tsunami earlier this month, the remote Pacific island nation is no longer free from the virus, and is going into lockdown.
Unlike most parts of the globe, Tong avoided COVID-19 by closing its borders at the start of the pandemic, BBC News reports. But since the natural disasters, foreign aid has come into the country, and even though deliveries have been contactless and supplies have been isolated for three days, the virus has managed its way in.
Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni announced on Tuesday two port workers had tested positive, according to BBC News. Three more cases in family members were later confirmed.
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