COVID-19 outbreak on board HMAS Adelaide could hold up delivery of vital aid to Tonga
- avawilliams012
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min read
Uncertainty surrounds Australia's latest aid mission to Tonga, after almost two dozen personnel on a Navy ship carrying humanitarian supplies to the country tested positive to COVID-19.
Australia and several other countries are sending crucial supplies to Tonga in the wake of last week's huge volcanic eruption and tsunami, but the Pacific Island nation is determined to remain COVID-free and has insisted that all donors deliver aid without any person-to-person contact.
Australia has already sent supplies to Tonga on military transport planes, but HMAS Adelaide is carrying larger quantities of aid, including engineering equipment, water and shelter.
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