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Covid news: Spain drops mandatory use of face masks outdoors; UK reports another 66,638 daily cases – as it happened

Face coverings still required in indoor public spaces in Spain; UK records 66,638 daily infections and 206 Covid-linked deaths

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Study reveals underwater volcanoes' power

Researchers have discovered that underwater volcanic eruptions are much more powerful than first thought and can occur at depths of "at least" one kilometre.

AAP

Elon Musk helping restore internet to Tonga, officials say

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is trying to help reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials, while repairs on an undersea cable are proving more difficult than first thought

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Tupou's cheeky message to rugby officials

Still recovering from the trauma of Tonga's volcano and tsunami disasters, Taniela Tupou has hinted what it'll take to keep his talents in Australia.

AAP

Canadian reconstruction aid to Tonga 40 years ago points the way today

Tonga is still assessing the devastation of January’s volcanic explosion that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

The Conversation

Turtle's U-turn days before Tongan volcanic eruption captured by satellite imagery

A turtle released after nearly three years of rehabilitation has another lucky escape — performing a giant U-turn just before a deadly volcanic eruption in Tonga.

ABC News

Tonga tsunami a reminder: Aussie expert

Disaster expert Andrew Gissing says the tsunami triggered by last month's volcanic eruption in Tonga should serve as a major reminder for Australia.

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Olympian Pita Taufatofua uses his platform to help tsunami-struck Tonga

Taufatofua first gained fame as the shirtless Tongan flag bearer. He now uses his platform to amplify Tonga's needs.

Axios

Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston

While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure.

The Conversation

Aid reaching disaster-hit Tonga brings first virus outbreak

For more than two years, the isolation of the Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga helped keep COVID-19 at bay

The Independent UK

Why Tonga flagbearer Pita Taufatofua won’t be at the Beijing Olympics

He won't be there in Beijing.

USA Today Sports Media Group

New Munster man Malakai Fekitoa's incredible Tonga fundraising campaign after tsunami

The former All Black will join Munster this summer after signing a two year deal

Irish Mirror

Streets of tsunami-hit Tonga empty on first day of COVID lockdown

The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously coronavirus-free nation after two wharf workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Reuters

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into Covid lockdown

Tsunami-hit Tonga has gone into lockdown after two wharf workers tested positive for Covid, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday.

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Wales Online

Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as Boris Johnson faces new claims over 'Abba-themed' party

A Cardiff University student has spoken about her 'frustration' after being taken to court for holding a lockdown party with 17 people and threatened with a £2,000 fine

Al Jazeera

Tonga goes into lockdown after reporting handful of COVID cases

Community transmission and lockdown deal further blow to Tonga as it deals with aftermath of a major volcanic eruption.

Axios

Disaster-hit Tonga enters 1st pandemic lockdown after 2 COVID cases detected

Communications have yet to be fully restored from last month's deadly volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: Anger as Tory MP says lockdown breach ‘like parking fine’; Germany could relax restrictions in March – as it happened

Pfizer-BioNTech seeks US approval for under-5s Covid inoculation; Lithuania to scrap Covid pass on Saturday

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Tonga goes into lockdown; COVID cases not at international aid port - official

Tsunami-hit Tonga said two wharf workers had come down with COVID-19, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday, but the waterfront workers were not on docks being used by foreign navies to deliver aid.

The Guardian - AU

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after workers helping deliver aid catch Covid

Stay at home orders come into force on Wednesday, as Pacific nation deals with aftermath of last month’s huge volcanic eruption

The Independent UK

Virus arrives along with aid in Tonga, triggering lockdown

Disaster-hit Tonga will go into lockdown Wednesday evening after the Pacific island nation reported two port workers who had been helping distribute international aid had become infected with the coronavirus

ABC News

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news happening across the country.

The Conversation

Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the 'worst year to be alive'

It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of war with Russia, the ongoing pandemic (and its economic disruptions). And that’s even before we touch on Chinese sabre-rattling over Taiwan or Sex and the City’s disastrous reboot.

ABC News

Tonga records two COVID-19 community cases, Pacific Island nation prepares for two-day lockdown

Still reeling after last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami, the Pacific Island nation will enter a two-day nationwide lockdown after two port workers tested positive for COVID-19.

ABC News

Claims sailors are enduring scorching conditions to repair 'stranded' HMAS Adelaide as reinforcements arrive

Exhausted naval technicians say they're battling temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius as they work around the clock to repair a power failure that's crippled Australia's largest warship, HMAS Adelaide, in the Pacific.

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