Tonga’s COVID-19 Cases Reach at Least 139, One Case Involves 5-Month-Old Infant

The Australian Navy's HMAS Adelaide docked at Vuna Wharf in Tonga's capital Nukualofa, on Jan. 26, 2022, to deliver aid following the Jan. 15 eruption of the nearby Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano. Mary Lyn Fonua/Matangi Tonga/AFP via Getty Images

Tonga’s total COVID-19 cases reached at least 139 on Monday, with the youngest case involving a 5-month-old infant, local media reported, following the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant in the tsunami-hit nation.

Of those cases, 133 were from Tongatapu and six from Vava’u villages.