Oceania Tonga A range of cleaning supplies from Karcher in Australia donated to hospitals across Tonga to help clean up the ash fall after the eruption have been received by the Ministry of Health
Oceania Tonga NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are embarking on a mission to uncover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption, examining thousands of square kilometres and expecting to find dramatic changes in undersea topography
Oceania Tonga Non-government essential services are not allowed to access fuel tanks during the final blockade, only government vehicles are allowed to refuel at designated service stations
Oceania Tonga Form 6 and 7 students in Vava'u and Tongatapu will return to school today; as of the end of 2021, most students had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and only fully vaccinated teachers will be allowed to teach in the schools
Oceania Tonga A monument on the island of Pangaimotu was cleaned up by a HMAS Adelaide team during a small island clean-up operation, made necessary by the devastating tsunami and the ash fall from the volcanic eruption
Oceania Tonga The undersea internet cable connecting the country to the rest of the world was repaired and restored five weeks after the eruption
Oceania Tonga The government expressed regret over the 'misunderstanding' over canned pork, given as part of the delivery of Chinese emergency food aid, stopped by the government on the basis of the Animal Disease Act; no further details or the action taken were given
Oceania Tonga The country enters isolation after several cases of Covid were recorded in the capital Nuku'alofa; as suspected, Covid-19 may have arrived along with the aids
Oceania Tonga A week after the explosion, whose power NASA estimated to be the equivalent of 500 Hiroshima bombs, more help is on the way among amid fears that this could overexpose the country to Covid-19
Oceania Tonga The undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted, causing rogue waves and generating large quantities of ash, which reached a height of 20km; a state of alert was also issued to neighbouring countries
Oceania Tonga The Ports Authority Tonga (PAT) will partner with a new company to import ferronickel slag from New Caledonia for major infrastructure projects
Oceania Tonga Three Tongan swimmers set new national records at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi
Oceania Tonga Repatriation flights for Tongans stranded in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand have been scheduled for 18 and 20 January 2022; so far 3.122 people have managed to get back to the country since border restrictions began in March 2020