The Latest Breaking News from Tonga

Streets of tsunami-hit Tonga empty on first day of COVID lockdown

The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously coronavirus-free nation after two wharf workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into Covid lockdown

Tsunami-hit Tonga has gone into lockdown after two wharf workers tested positive for Covid, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022

Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as Boris Johnson faces new claims over 'Abba-themed' party

A Cardiff University student has spoken about her 'frustration' after being taken to court for holding a lockdown party with 17 people and threatened with a £2,000 fine

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after workers helping deliver aid catch Covid

Stay at home orders come into force on Wednesday, as Pacific nation deals with aftermath of last month’s huge volcanic eruption

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2022

Virus arrives along with aid in Tonga, triggering lockdown

Disaster-hit Tonga will go into lockdown Wednesday evening after the Pacific island nation reported two port workers who had been helping distribute international aid had become infected with the coronavirus

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news happening across the country.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the 'worst year to be alive'

It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of war with Russia, the ongoing pandemic (and its economic disruptions). And that’s even before we touch on Chinese sabre-rattling over Taiwan or Sex and the City’s disastrous reboot.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022

Tonga records two COVID-19 community cases, Pacific Island nation prepares for two-day lockdown

Still reeling after last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami, the Pacific Island nation will enter a two-day nationwide lockdown after two port workers tested positive for COVID-19.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

Claims sailors are enduring scorching conditions to repair 'stranded' HMAS Adelaide as reinforcements arrive

Exhausted naval technicians say they're battling temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius as they work around the clock to repair a power failure that's crippled Australia's largest warship, HMAS Adelaide, in the Pacific.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

HMAS Adelaide suffers power failure during Tongan mission after volcanic eruption

A massive electrical power failure cripples the Australian Navy's largest warship as it completes its humanitarian mission to Tonga following the January 14 volcanic eruption and tsunami.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2022