Coronavirus: Australia says ‘no evidence’ aid warship brought infections to volcano-hit Tonga

Australian defence chiefs on Wednesday said a warship delivering aid to Tonga was not the source of an outbreak that has plunged the previously coronavirus-free Pacific kingdom into lockdown.Residents of the remote island nation, struggling to recover from a deadly volcanic eruption that triggered huge tsunami waves, were ordered to stay at home on Wednesday after two port workers tested positive in the capital Nuku’alofa.They were the first community cases recorded in the nation of 100,000…

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