Radio & TV Tonga, Nuku’alofa, 27/10/2020

241 passengers from Auckland New Zealand and Brisbane Australia will arrive in Tonga this week.

Health Minister Hon. Dr ‘Amelia Tu’ipulotu says the first flight will arrive on Thursday afternoon around 3 is a chartered flight from Brisbane returning 82 Tongans and most are seasonal workers.

The second flight for the week will be from Auckland New Zealand, returning 159 people.

All of the 241 passengers from both countries will spend 14 days of isolation at the Tano’a Hotel and the Makeke site.

The flight from Brisbane this week is the first flight from Australia with passengers since the border closure in March.

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