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 a Public Health Emergency (COVID-19) Regulations 2020 dated 12 June 2020 and gazetted on 12 June 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 renew the Declaration of State of Emergency that was made on 11 June 2020, to be applied over all the land and sea areas of Tonga commencing from Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 8:00pm until Tuesday 4 August 2020 at 8:00pm, unless further renewed in accordance with the law.
