The HMAS Adelaide prepares to depart the Port of Brisbane and sail for Tonga to provide humanitarian supplies and assistance.
"They need the aid desperately but they don't want the risk [of] COVID," Mr Dutton told Sky News on Tuesday.There are more than 600 crew on board the vessel, which is carrying Tonga was hit by a massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami earlier this month, which has caused significant damage across the nation.Mr Dutton said aid has already been sent via C-17 planes and contactless delivery remained an option.Mr Dutton added it was about balancing the quick delivery of aid to the ravaged nation and not exposing the vulnerable population to COVID-19.
Vitamin C, D and Zinc. Trust me. Lots of water. Mega C.
Great so now we are infecting Tonga?
That's right, help the poor Tongans by giving them Covid. Bloody hell. Hillsong is dancing, Gerry Harvey is rubbing his hands together thinking of all the inflated prices his RAT's will fetch. 😈
That's what Morrison Government said ' let it rip'
Do they not test people before leaving? What a joke.
WGAF? It's a frigging cold!
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