Returning Latter-day Saint missionary brings Tonga’s first COVID case to his homeland

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Rendering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Neiafu Temple, which is being built in Tonga. The one-story, single-spired, 17,000-square-foot edifice will join the Nuku'alofa Temple in serving Tonga’s more than 66,000 Latter-day Saints, who make up 62% of the nation's population. Tonga reported its first-ever case of the coronavirus on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, after a returning Latter-day Saint missionary tested positive for COVID-19.