TONGAN Pursuant to sections 32 and 34(1) of the Emergency Management [Cap 7.02], 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, as amended, unless further extended under section 167 of the Public Health Act [Cap 12.15] and the Declaration of COVID-19 to be an Emergency Notifiable Condition dated 11 March 2021 and gazetted 11 March 2021, 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 March 2021, to be applied over all the land and sea areas of Tonga commencing from Monday 12 April 2021 at 8:00pm until Monday 10 May 2021 at 8:00pm, unless further renewed in accordance with the law.
