COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga

COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Tonga
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date	29 October 2021; (2 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 6 days ago)
Confirmed cases	16,182
Active cases	947
Recovered	15,235
Deaths	12
Government website
	http://www.health.gov.to/content/covid-19-daily-update

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Tonga on 29 October 2021 with a traveller who tested positive in quarantine.^[2]^[3] Several more cases were found in January and February 2022 in a minor outbreak during the aftermath of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami as other countries delivered aid. Tonga had followed a "Covid-free" policy.^[3]

^ "Covid-19 Level - Tonga". Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
^ Dreaver, Barbara (29 October 2021). "Tonga's Cabinet to meet after first Covid case arrives from NZ". 1 News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Fildes, Nic (18 January 2022). "Tonga volcano relief effort complicated by 'Covid-free' policy". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[1] "Covid-19 Level - Tonga". Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[RNZ_29_Oct_2021-2] Dreaver, Barbara (29 October 2021). "Tonga's Cabinet to meet after first Covid case arrives from NZ". 1 News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[ft_Tonga_volcano_relief_effort_complicated_by-3] Fildes, Nic (18 January 2022). "Tonga volcano relief effort complicated by 'Covid-free' policy". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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