Tonga has taken a beating from Cyclone Harold, but it was better prepared than most in anticipation of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Now our military is sending aid to the country - but the question is: how do we stop Defence Force personnel spreading the virus?
Battered and bruised, the destruction in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa is clear, with Cyclone Harold delivering one final blow.
But compared to Vanuatu and Fiji, Tonga is relatively unscathed - with no deaths yet to be reported.
"The challenge we'll be facing now is electricity off, some of the communities, their town water runs off electricity," says Sione Taumoefolau, of Tonga's Red Cross Society.
That's a challenge far less daunting than it could have been, with stockpiles of supplies ready to go in case of a COVID-19 outbreak.
"We did our homework, pre-positioned a lot of non-food items around Tongatapu, PPE material - but at the moment it's about preparedness for any worse case," says Taumoefolau.
Fiji is in clean-up mode after storm surges caused widespread flooding in coastal areas.
The government is still waiting on reports from outlying islands, and with 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the situation is volatile.
"While we may be on the ropes, now is when the measures of our resilience and diligence matter most," says Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
A Defence Force P-3 Orion has already been deployed to the region and a Hercules is set to deliver aid to Vanuatu in the coming days
Vanuatu has severe damage, but no COVID-19 cases.
"Carrying COVID-19 into a country that is currently free of it, that would be catastrophic for nations that already have so much on their plates right now," says Defence Minister Ron Mark.
Mark says our Defence Force has put each crew through a strict quarantine to ensure they're virus-free.
"There is a high degree of confidence that our aircrews, our ground crews who are involved in these humanitarian missions are COVID-free."
Those precautions are necessary to deliver relief, not more grief.
