WELLINGTON/SYDNEY - Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship were distributed across Tonga's main island on Friday , as other countries battled the logistics of delivering aid to one of the world's remotest communities.
"Trucks ... have begun collecting and delivering water supplies from Aotearoa," the Commission said on its Facebook page. Underlining the complexity of mounting a contactless international aid operation to one of the few countries free of Covid-19, the Australian plane was turned around mid-flight after PCR tests showed a positive result, an Australian defence spokesman told Reuters.
The salt water from the tsunami spoiled most sources of water and Tongans have been struggling to find clean water as they clear away the ash. Astronaut Kayla Barron said she could see the volcanic ash in the atmosphere from the International Space Station.
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