完整標題：Tonga announces lockdown after Covid case arrives from NZ
發稿單位：1 NEWS(TVNZ旗下新聞台)
發稿時間：12:41pm
撰 稿 者：Barbara Dreaver (1News Pacific Correspondent)
原文連結：https://bit.ly/2ZDoZlp
The Tongan Government has ordered a one week lockdown of the Kingdom's main
island Tongatapu starting from 11.59pm on Monday night in response to the
Kingdom’s first Covid-19 case which arrived from Christchurch.
A young missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
tested positive last Thursday after catching a repatriation flight the day
before from Christchurch.
The Church’s Pacific Area Communication Director Richard Hunter told 1News
that the young person had arrived in New Zealand six weeks ago, after
missionary service overseas and had tested negative twice in the last
fortnight in New Zealand.
The positive case, who is double vaccinated and showing no symptoms, has been
moved to a special quarantine facility at Mu’a.
Four of the young missionary’s close contacts in New Zealand have tested
negative and today Tonga’s Minister of Health said all 108 frontliners who
dealt with the repatriation flight when it arrived in Tonga on Wednesday have
also tested negative.
All domestic travel in Tonga has stopped and only essential services will
remain open.