Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Tonga to enforce hard lockdown due to more COVID-19 cases

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SUVA – Tonga will enforce a week-long hard lockdown on Sunday as the island nation reported 258 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours. According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online, Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni announced the lockdown, which will be enforced at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday until 5:00 a.m. local time on … Read more

Tonga reports two more COVID-19 deaths

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SUVA – Tonga on Thursday recorded two more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to four, reported Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online citing official data. It reported that Siale ‘Akau’ola, chief executive of the Ministry of Health, confirmed the two more deaths while saying an investigation was going on to see whether they … Read more

Tonga reports 55 new COVID-19 cases

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SUVA – Tonga reported 55 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases in the South Pacific island nation to 133. According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online, Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said that from Feb. 1 to date there had been a total of 287 positive cases in … Read more

Tonga reports 31 new COVID-19 cases

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SUVA – Tonga reported 31 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of active cases in the South Pacific island nation to 139. According to Tonga’s news web Matangi Tonga Online, Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said at a press conference on Monday that the new cases tested positive over the weekend. Of … Read more