(see 'Tonga: aid continues to arrive ...' at 8.33 pm) (ANSA) - ROME, 21 JAN - A plane loaded with aid departed from Australia and bound for Tonga was forced to return back after being on board discovered a case of Covid.
Brings the Guardian.
The supplies were loaded onto another plane that took off today.
The Pacific archipelago remains an area without coronavirus and has a very strict policy to avoid any type of risk.
Before leaving for the archipelago devastated by the tsunam following the eruption of the volcano, all crew members had carried out rapid tests and tested negative.
Then on a second check with the molecular a person was positive.
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