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https://www.ktoo.org/2022/01/24/why-tonga-is-opting-for-contactless-humanitarian-aid/
How do you bring aid to a disaster-struck nation when you don’t want to let any outsiders in?
https://www.ktoo.org/2022/01/24/why-tonga-is-opting-for-contactless-humanitarian-aid/
How do you bring aid to a disaster-struck nation when you don’t want to let any outsiders in?
That’s the pandemic dilemma faced by Tonga following the eruption of a massive underwater volcano on Jan. 15. International aid is on the way, but efforts are hamstrung by the desire to keep the coronavirus out of the remote Pacific island nation, which consists of some 170 islands, many uninhabited, and has a population of about 100,000.
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