Icala lokuqala ngqa le-COVID-19 elibikwe eTonga

• Uhulumeni waseTonga uzomemezela ngoMsombuluko ukuthi isiqhingi sizofakwa ngaphansi kokuvalwa kwezwe.
• Kube necala elilodwa le-COVID-19 phakathi kwabagibeli abangama-215 abafike bevela edolobheni laseChristchurch.
• Cishe amaphesenti angama-31 abantu baseTonga sebegonywe ngokugcwele kanti abangamaphesenti angama-48 bathole okungenani umthamo owodwa.

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Izikhulu zaseTonga zamemezela lokho Tonga ayisekho i-coronavirus ngemuva komgibeli osuka endizeni esuka Christchurch, iNew Zealand ihlolwe ukuthi inegciwane le-COVID-19.

Lesi isifo sokuqala se-COVID-19 esiqoshwe embusweni wasePolynesia kusukela kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus emhlabeni.

Enkulumweni yanamuhla emsakazweni, uNdunankulu waseTonga u-Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi kunecala elilodwa le-COVID-19 phakathi kwabagibeli abangu-215 abafike bevela edolobheni laseChristchurch.

UTu'i'onetoa uthe uhulumeni uhlela ukwenza isimemezelo ngoMsombuluko mayelana nokuthi kuzovalwa yini ukuvalwa kwezwe.

Ngaleso sikhathi, undunankulu ucele bonke abantu baseTongan ukuthi balandele ukuqhelelana ngokomzimba futhi balandele imithetho ehlobene ne-coronavirus.

Ngokuvumelana ne TongaIsikhulu esiphezulu somnyango wezempilo uSiale 'Akau'ola, abasebenzi bezempilo, amaphoyisa kanye nabo bonke abasebenzi abasebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Fua'amotu ngesikhathi kufika indiza yase-Christchurch bavalelwe bodwa. Uqhube wathi bonke abasebenza eduze kwendiza sebegonyiwe.

Christchurch abagibeli bendiza bebehlanganisa izisebenzi zesizini kanye namalungu eqembu laseTonga le-Olympics.

Tonga isenyakatho-mpumalanga yeNew Zealand, futhi iyikhaya labantu abangaba ngu-106,000.

Cishe u-31% wamaTonga ugonywe ngokugcwele kanti u-48% usethole okungenani umthamo owodwa, ngokusho kweqembu locwaningo i-Our World in Data.

Tonga uphakathi kwezizwe ezimbalwa ezisele emhlabeni ezigweme ukuqubuka kwe-COVID-19. Njengomakhelwane bayo abaningi, ukuhlukaniswa kweTonga kusizile ukuyigcina iphephile kodwa ibhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu uma leli gciwane libamba ngenxa yohlelo lwayo lwezempilo olungenazo izinsiza.

Isizwe esiseduze saseFiji sigweme ukuqubuka okukhulu kwaze kwaba ngu-Ephreli, lapho okuhlukile kwe-Delta kwe-coronavirus kudabula uchungechunge lwesiqhingi, kwathelela abantu abangaphezu kuka-50,000 futhi kwashona okungenani abangama-673.