Passengers arrived from Fiji on Friday, 18 March 2022 Fifty six (56) passengers arrived from Fiji on Friday last week. This flight was approved by Cabinet earlier this year. Passengers included returning residents namely scholarship students who have completed their awards, transiting seafarers from Europe, and other expatriates who work in Samoa. The flight also […]
This section contains all Press Releases on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Samoa.
O le vaega lenei o lo’o fa’amauina ai pepa o fa’amatalaga e fa’atatau i le Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The government advises that since the first confirmed community transmission case on the 17th March 2022, 95 new cases have been confirmed as of today 19th March 2022 at 2pm local time. Total active cases now stand at 111 with 110 cases confirmed in Upolu and 1 active case in Savaii. There are no active […]
ACTIVATION OF ZONES FOR SAMOA AS A CRITERION FOR ALERT LEVEL 3 The public is advised that Lockdown Zones around Upolu and Savaii are now in effect under Alert Level 3. A total of 13 Zones have been strategically mapped out to manage COVID-19 community transmissions/cases, hospitalizations and isolation locations, and mobilization of essential services […]
45 tagata ua aafia talu ona sao i tua le Koviti 19 I le maea ai o le saunoaga a le Tamaitai Palemia anapo e fofoga le atunuu i laasaga mo le puipuiga, aemaise le faailoa o le 11 o tagata ua aafia i le Koviti 19, na faailoa mai e le Matagaluega o le […]
March 19, 2022
COVID-19 Press Releases, Latest News, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Press Releases
45 confirmed community cases Following the announcement of 11 confirmed community transmission cases last night by the Honourable Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health confirmed late last night 34 new community transmission cases, taking the number of positive community cases to 45. Seventeen (17) of these cases have developed mild to moderate symptoms mainly feverish, […]
TWO NEW POSITIVE CASES IN QUARANTINE Two new positive cases have been identified in quarantine following follow up tests on close contacts of the health worker who tested positive on Friday, 11th March 2022. These cases include a driver and a health worker. Both were close contacts of the health worker who tested positive on […]
Peace Corps is assisting the pediatric vaccine rollout in Samoa. The Peace Corps Samoa is honored to take part in Samoa’s drive to ensure all of its citizens are vaccinated for COVID19. At the beginning of the week the Samoa Government commenced is campaign to vaccinate for 5 -11 year old children, to which the […]
ONE NEW POSITIVE CASE IN MANAGED ISOLATION Passengers who arrived in Samoa, and frontline workers who cleared the flight from Auckland on Sunday 6th March 2022, were tested yesterday after their sixth day in quarantine. The results came back last night with one new (1) positive case. This case is a health worker who was […]
FOUR NEW POSITIVE CASES IN QUARANTINE Passengers who arrived in Samoa from Auckland New Zealand on Sunday, 6th March 2022, undertook their second COVID 19 tests yesterday afternoon, after their third day in quarantine. Their test results returned four (4) new COVID 19 positive cases. One of these cases was a close contact of the […]
(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); 35 vaccination teams from the Ministry of Health were mobilized today to pre-school and primary school in the Vaimauga District to start the vaccination drIve to protect children age 5 to 11 years old from COVID-19. And Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was on site at four of the schools, Tanugamanono Primary, […]
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