Humanitarian aid to Tonga is ramping up after the airport was cleared of ash, making it safe for planes to land, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, days after a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated the South Pacific archipelago.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that with the extra supplies, its staff and volunteers are stepping up deliveries of drinking water and setting up shelters across the country's many islands.
The Australian government said on Wednesday it will provide an additional A$2 million in humanitarian funding to Tonga, bringing Australia's commitment to date to $3 million. An Australian warship arrived to coronavirus-free Tonga on Wednesday evening, delivering aid without human contact after about two dozen cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among the crew."The ship is undertaking an entirely contactless delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies," Austarlia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja said in a joint statement.
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