TONGAN Pursuant to sections 32 and 34(1) of the Emergency Management Act 2007, and having been satisfied of the following –
(1) The continuous spread of the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) worldwide and in countries proximate to Tonga;
(2) That pursuant to the Declaration of Public Health Emergency dated 12 March 2020 and gazetted on 13 March 2020 unless further extended under section 167 of the Public Health Act 2008 and the Declaration of COVID-19 to be an Emergency Notifiable Condition dated 12 March 2020 and gazetted on 13 March 2020, it is clear that there is a continuous public health emergency in Tonga;
AND that it is still necessary for emergency powers to be exercised in order to prevent or minimize risk and the loss of human life to COVID-19, I therefore hereby renew the Declaration of a State of Emergency that was made on 15 May 2020, to be applied over all the land and sea areas of Tonga commencing from Thursday 11 June 2020 at 8:00pm until Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 8:00pm, unless further renewed in accordance with the law.
