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Tonga negative for coronavirus [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 18:34.  Updated on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 18:35.

Triage centre (tent) at the entrance of Vaiola Hospital, Tonga. 5 March 2020.

Tonga does not have any cases of coronavirus COVID-19 the Vaiola Hospital confirmed this evening.

A doctor said that the second test on a person with pneumonia that was sent to New Zealand on Saturday had returned a negative result today.

The Prime Minister's Office had earlier this week confirmed that a first test from the same patient for suspected COVID-19, that was sent to Melbourne, had returned a negative result.

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