In the latest report, authorities said as of 31 December 2019, there were 612 confirmed or suspected cases of measles identified in Tonga.
There is ongoing transmission on the Islands of Tongatapu and Vava’u; the last case onsets on Ha’apai, ‘Eua, and Niuatoputapu islands were 14/12/2019, 08/12/2019, 14/11/2019, respectively.
Thirteen of the 16 new measles cases were reported on the main Island of Tongatapu.
The other 3 cases were from Vava’u Island.
They were 10 males and 6 females between the ages of 6 months and 23 years old.