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Apia, SAMOA — Following the 7th round of the testing scheduled on Friday Feb. 4; for all passengers on flight QF 115 and all frontline workers in Samoa that serviced the flight, are all in quarantine, with no new positive cases dentified. There remains no evidence of community transmission,...
The Samoa government has confirmed another positive case following the latest round of tests, a frontline nurse in isolation.
Samoa has 31 positive Covid-19 cases in MIQ, a majority who were passengers on a flight from Brisbane.
The latest COVID-19 case is a local nurse who was working in a...
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...
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 —...
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...
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...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is gearing up for a nationwide lockdown after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases off a flight from Brisbane, on Wednesday increased from 10 to 15.
Chairman of the ruling FAST Party and Minister of Agriculture, La'auli Leuatea Schmidt, revealed the increase in positive...
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...
Apia, SAMOA — Travelers to Samoa will soon begin paying for their quarantine costs as the government moves to reduce the expense of coronavirus prevention measures that began two years ago.
The Chairman of the National Emergency Operations Committee, Agafili Shem Leo said Cabinet has approved the...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is considering cash rewards to get people vaccinated as the country struggles to find ways to reach its target of 96 percent of the eligible population to be fully vaccinated.
The Chairman of the National Emergency Operations Committee, Agafili Shem Leo told a news conference a...