Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

JOINT PRESS RELEASE; 27th August 2020 Apia, Samoa – Students from eight schools around the country will be able to access educational materials online, minimizing disruptions to their studies in times of disaster, thanks to a new project by the Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Cabinet has directed the National Emergency Operation Center, (NEOC) to explore options on how best to repatriate Samoan scholarship students who have completed their studies overseas. Paramount to the Cabinet’s directive is the safety of student’s but most importantly for the students to satisfy all the necessary COVID Tests mandatory requirements for […]

‘My workplace looks after me’: How these two Samoan aged care workers are coping during COVID-19 26th AUGUST 2020; Visor Auvele and Rachel Sale from Samoa are personal care workers at Bolton Clarke’s Cunningham Villas, a residential aged care community in the coastal town of Bowen, Queensland. The two women have worked in Australia since […]

•         Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women •         The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health •         The Hon Alex Hawke MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Assistant Defence Minister COVID-19 vaccine access for our region “Pacific countries eligible for COVAX AMC support include Papua New Guinea, […]

(US Embassy Apia, Samoa); The U.S. government, through the USAID – US Agency for International Development, is launching two new projects in Samoa to help communities to prepare for and respond to COVID-19 and other disasters. USAID awarded $1.8 million to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to support efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the […]