A woman went to Tonga for the weekend right before the pandemic hit and has been stuck there ever since

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The island nation has not experienced any COVID-19 cases so the trapped traveler said she has never worn a mask.

A British woman living in China traveled to Tonga to escape COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic.Tonga is one of the few places in the world that has not experienced any cases of COVID-19.A 27-year-old British woman who went to Tonga for the weekend at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is still there 18 months later,Zoe Stephens was living in China when the coronavirus pandemic took hold, but traveled to Tonga in an effort to avoid the virus.

She ended up in Tonga by way of South Korea, where she visited as COVID-19 cases began to rise in China. "You could only leave your home once a week to go and get groceries and you had your car registration and name taken down," she said.

 

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