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24 March 2022 – Ombudsman makes intervention at the 49th Human Rights Council session during the adoption of Samoa’s UPR The Office of the Ombudsman National Human Rights Institution (NHRI Samoa) as an accredited ‘A’ status national human rights institution, had the opportunity to make an intervention and present before the Human Rights Council (HRC) […]

COVID-19 COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION/CASES UPDATE The public is respectfully advised that as of today, 23 March 2022, Samoa’s Ministry of Health confirmed 155 new community cases recorded in the last 24hrs. This brings the total number of community cases detected since 17th March 2022 to 622 with 606 cases confirmed in Upolu and 16 active cases […]

COVID-19 COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION/CASES UPDATE The public is hereby advised that as of today, 22nd March 2022, 220 new community cases were recorded in the last 24hrs. This brings the total number of community cases detected since 17th March 2022 to 467 with 454 cases confirmed in Upolu and 13 active cases in Savaii. There are […]

COVID-19 COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION/CASES UPDATE The public is hereby advised that 85 new community cases were recorded as of today, Sunday 20th of March 2022 at 2pm, bringing the total number of active Covid-19 cases in Samoa to 196 including 15 active imported cases.  The Ministry of Health confirms a total of 2,207 tests were carried […]

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 […]