Over 60 people arrived in Tonga yesterday, having been repatriated from Fiji and Kiribati.
Photo: AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
Fifty six passengers were on the flight from Nadi while there were six more from Tarawa, accompanying the body of a deceased citizen.
Senior government official Paula Ma'u told Matangi Tonga the Fiji flight was commercial while the Kiribati plane had been chartered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The passengers are staying at the Tanoa Hotel for 14 days of quarantine.
All passengers had tested negative for Covid-19 before boarding the flights.
They will be tested again on the 14th day of quarantine and then asked to self-isolate in their homes for another week.
