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. Tongan health minister Saia Piukala said only one patient required oxygen due to asthma, whilst the others showed mild symptoms, local outlet Matangi Tonga Online reported. The oldest case is a 63-year-old patient, Piukala said, adding that all infected children aged 12 and above have been immunized. He said that 1,344 residents in Tonga are still unvaccinated. The Pacific Island nation sees a spike in its CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—commonly known as the novel coronavirus—cases after tests submitted to Australia last week confirmed that the Omicron variant had arrived in Tonga. While scientific evidence suggests that Omicron has less severity than the likes …