Contact tracing app

“We are ready now to have members of the public download contact tracing app to prepare ourselves as there are now more variants coming out around the globe. This app will help us in tracing those who might be positive and the plan is to have this working by next (this) week,” Dr Piukala said at a press conference.

“We know that the local cases are dropping but this will be useful for us as we continue to move forward with Covid-19.”

Minister for Health, Dr. Saia Piukala said, “That will help in the work that Health staff are doing in tracing those who are primary or close contacts of those who are positive. That will be a great help in the work to trace those who might get sick as contacts.”

Dr. Piukala thanked Australia for the continuing assistance given to Tonga in the current Covid-19 campaign, with 55,000 doses of Pfizer from Australia arriving last the week.