As help streams into the South Pacific country of Tonga, crushed by a volcanic emission and torrent, an Australian guide flight had to get back to base because of a positive Covid-19 case locally available, a protection official said on Friday.
Tonga is sans covid and has a severe line control strategy, and is requiring contactless conveyance of help that started showing up via plane on Thursday.
The Australian guide flight left Brisbane on Thursday evening however was turned around midflight subsequent to being informed of the positive Covid-19 case, an Australian protection representative said.
All team had returned negative fast antigen tests before takeoff, however PCR tests later showed the positive outcome. The provisions were moved to one more flight that took off on Friday.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai fountain of liquid magma emission last Saturday set off torrent that obliterated towns, resorts and numerous structures and took out correspondences for the country of around 105,000 individuals, and sent shockwaves and tidal wave across the Pacific.
Three individuals have been accounted for killed, specialists said.
