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COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Tonga |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 29 October 2021 (2 years, 9 months and 3 weeks ago) |
Confirmed cases | 16,182[1] |
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]