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COVID-19

Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Three new cases of COVID-19 including a 4-year-old child have been detected among those in quarantine in Samoa, the country's Ministry of Health says. Samoa is at alert level 2 and has just emerged from a nationwide lockdown. The outbreak started about 10 days ago among passengers who...
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa lifted the nationwide lockdown at 6 o'clock last night (Friday in Samoa) with a new level of restriction in place with no community transmission of COVID-19 yesterday. In announcing the move Friday morning, Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa confirmed that work and businesses...
Apia streets with noone around during lockdown.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa extended its nationwide lockdown yesterday for another 24 hours as a precautionary measure as the Samoa government is now reporting 27 positive COVID-19 cases. A press release from the Samoa government issued yesterday afternoon reports all 27 positive cases —...
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa extended its nationwide lockdown on Wednesday for another 24 hours as a precautionary measure with the 26 positive COVID-19 cases in managed isolation. The Samoa Observer is reporting today that Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced the government decision after a...
Dr. Take Naseri
Apia, SAMOA — As of Jan 25, (yesterday in Samoa), 26 positive cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health for Samoa. All of them are being managed and controlled in quarantine. Currently there is no evidence of a community transmission. All passengers and frontline workers were swabbed...
Police check point in Apia during lockdown
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 48-hour lockdown in Samoa has now been extended for another 72 hours — til 6p.m, Thursday Jan. 27 in Apia (Wednesday in American Samoa) —  after 5 frontline workers tested COVID-19 positive. Fiame made the announcement Monday night in Apia (Sunday in American Samoa)...
Faumuina Fa'afetai Sopoaga
Apia, SAMOA — A doctor says Samoa is well-prepared to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the community. Samoa went into a two-day lockdown on Saturday after 15 people on a flight from Brisbane tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival. University of Otago Pacific health director professor Faumuina...
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
APIA, Samoa — Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has declared a nation-wide lockdown starting today, Saturday, Jan. 22 in Apia (Friday in American Samoa) from 6p.m. until 6.p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24 (Sunday in American Samoa) — after 15 passengers who arrived earlier this week on a flight from...
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the government may cancel scheduled repatriation flights from Australia after the arrivial of 10 positive cases amongst 73 passengers from Brisbane on Wednesday afternoon. She said a scheduled repatriation flight from New Zealand on...
DOH QUARANTINE FACILITY
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A seventh passenger who traveled on the Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu on Jan. 6 tested positive for COVID-19, according to ASG officials, who noted that the latest imported (border) positive case came following the second COVID-19 test administered for the...

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