Coronavirus: Tonga enters lockdown as first local cases detected

Tonga will go into Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday after the virus was detected in a fresh blow to the Pacific kingdom as it struggles to recover from last month’s devastating volcanic eruption, officials said.The remote island nation had been virus-free, but Prime Minister, Siaosi Sovaleni said two men tested positive this week in Nuku’alofa.He said the men had been working in the capital’s port, where humanitarian aid has been pouring in from around the globe since the January 15 eruption.In a…