All Arriving Passengers Returned Negative COVID 19 Test Results
272 passengers arrived from NZ on Saturday 12th February, 2022. This repatriation flight was scheduled to arrive last month but was postponed due to the nationwide lockdown following the flight of 19th January, 2022.
All 272 passengers were swabbed upon arrival, and all returned negative results yesterday morning. All passengers have settled in quarantine sites for 21 days.
To ensure minimal threat of the spread of COVID 19 beyond our borders, the 134 highest risk frontline workers were also quarantined, straight after processing the flight, a new policy measure now in place. The staff in quarantine for 72 hours, provided all goes well; include those from the Ministry of Health, staff of the Samoa Immigration, Customs, and Quarantine, Samoa Airport Authority, Samoa Airways, and drivers.
The 5 positive cases from the flight of 19th January who were quarantined at Faleolo hospital, and 2 positive cases in the Isolation ward at Motootua Hospital all returned negative tests on Saturday, 12th February, 2022 after their third negative consecutive test results. As per process, MOH have released them from isolation.
All remaining positive cases are being closely monitored in isolation and continue to remain well and asymptomatic.
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E 272 le pasese na taunuu mai i le Aso Toanai, 12 Fepuari, 2022. O le faigamalaga lenei sa tolopo ona o le tapunia atoa o le atunuu ona o le faigamalaga mai Ausetalia o le aso 19 o Ianuari, 2022.
Na faia suega a le pasese uma e 272 ina ua taunuu mai, ma ua faamaonia ai e leai se isi o aafia i le Koviti 19 i le taimi. O loo faanofoesea nei i latou uma mo le 21 aso.
Ina ia mautinoa le tuuitiitia o se avanoa e sopo ai i tua le faamai mai i o tatou tuaoi faavaomalo, ua faanofoesea nei a tatou aufaigaleuga uma e 134 sa muaau i le faataliga o lenei faigamalaga. O nei tagata faigaluega sa aupito sili ona vava lalata ma i latou na faimalaga mai, ae sa malu puipuia lava i puipuiga uma talafeagai i o latou laei ma meafaigaluega sa faaaogaina. E tusa ai o le faiga fou ua amatalia nei, e 72 itula e faanofoesea ai i latou, pe afai e leai se faamai e ono tulai mai i se isi o le pasese.
O i latou nei e aofia ai fomai ma tausi soifua, o le aufaigaluega a le Ofisa o Femalagaiga, o le Ofisa o Tiute, o le Vaega o Faaasu, aufaigaluega a le Malae Vaalele, Samoa Airways ma a tatou ave taavale.
O o tatou tagata e toa lima na faanofoesea i Faleolo, ma le toa lua sa faanofoesea i le nofoaga faapitoa i Motootua, sa faamatuu atu i o latou aiga, ina ua mavae suesuega sosoo e tolu, o tumau pea lo latou manuia. O le Aso Toanai, 12 Fepuari sa mafai ai ona agai i latou i o latou e tusa o fautuaga a le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina.
O isi uma sa aafia, o loo tumau pea lo latou manuia ma le tausia i nofoaga o faanofoesea ai.
