A kindergarten in eastern Nuku’alofa and a church in western Tongatapu have become close-contact locations of interest for Covid-19 as Tonga braces for a nationwide lockdown this evening at 6pm.
The Ministry of Health has asked anyone who was at the Matahau Free Wesleyan Church last Sunday at 10am and at 5.30pm on Monday 31 or at ‘Ela’s preschool at 11-12pm on Monday or the whole day on Tuesday to self-isolate and get tested immediately or contact the Ministry on phone 080019 or 0800935.
There are also four other close-contact venues in Tongatapu listed today, including a food outlet, liquor shop and a convenience store.
They are:
| Saturday 29 January | 12 – 1pm | Rodney Liquor in Fanga ‘O Pilolevu |
| 1-2pm | Solomone Ikahihifo convenience store in Kolomotu’a | |
| Sunday 30 January 2022 | 10am | Matahau Free Wesleyan Church prayer services |
| Monday 31 January | 10-11am | MBF Bank |
| 11am – 12pm | ‘Ela’s kindergarten in Fangaloto | |
| 12-2pm | Chinese Shop KFC, Vuna Road opposite Taufa’āhau Domestic Wharf | |
| 5.30pm | Evening prayer service at Matahau Free Wesleyan Church | |
| Tuesday 1 February | 9-10am | MBF Bank |
| Whole day | ‘Ela’s kindergarten in Fangaloto |
