20th August – Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the continued closure of Samoa’s borders to keep the country safe, the 31st Annual Teuila Festival has been scaled-back and will feature a number of events during 29 August – 4th September, to commemorate what is one of Samoa’s most widely anticipated events. The Opening, which […]
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)
Press Release; 16 AUGUST 2021 (GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Government of Samoa through the Ministry of Health supported by the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) is continuing its ‘Door to Door Mass Vaccination Campaign’ efforts this week in response to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic. As of 15 August 2021, 79,807 (42,632 male | 37,175 female) […]
14 JULY 2021 (GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Government has continued its roll out of the AstraZeneca vaccine this week after it was temporarily on hold for a week. The current vaccinated population according to statistics from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stand at: • First dose: 53,540 (29,864 male & 23,676 female) accounting for 43.9% […]
14 Iulai 2021 (OFISA SOOUPU); O le vaiaso nei na toe fa’aauau ai le fa’atinoina o tui puipui mo le KOVITI-19 talu mai le taofiga lē tumau o tui puipui i le vaiaso ua tuana’i. E tusa ai ma fa’amaumauga a le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina: • Tui muamua (first dose): 53,540 (29,864 alii […]
14 July 2021 PRESS RELEASE The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan MOTEGI Toshimitsu, announced on 13 July 2021 that the Government of Japan would provide a total of approximately 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines including approximately 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Samoa. They will be shipped between mid-July and mid-August 2021 through […]
14 JULY 2021 (GOVT. Press Secretariat); The Government of Samoa has secured enough vaccines to ensure that no one from the country’s eligible population of 121,891 residents, will be left behind. Last Friday, 10,000 doses arrived on island donated by the Government of Australia. It is the first of the monthly 10,000 dose donation by […]
Samoa’s national vaccination coverage will resume with a delivery of 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines from Australia. This shipment of Australian-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive from Australia on 9 July. As we work together to overcome COVID-19 and protect our region, Australia has guaranteed to share up to 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with our closest partners […]
(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Government through the Disaster Advisory Committee (DAC) has reminded the Public that gatherings at the airport is strictly prohibited under the COVID-19 State of Emergency (SOE) Orders. This was during a National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) Press Conference where the DAC Chairman Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo raised concerns on members of […]
(OFISA SOOUPU); Ua toe fa’amanatu e le Komiti Faufautua mo Fa’alavelave Tutupu Fa’afuase’i ma Matuia (DAC) i le mamalu o le atunu’u ia aiaiga mo Malae vaalele ma Uafu i lalo o Poloaiga o Fa’alavelave Fa’afuase’i o le KOVITI-19. Na saunoa le Taitaifono, Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo, o lo’o va’aia pea le mamalu o le […]
(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); This week, the Disaster Advisory Committee through the Chairman and Director General of Health reminded the Public that the Access to Health facilities throughout Samoa continues to be regulated under the COVID-19 State of Emergency (SOE) Orders. In a Press Conference statement, the DAC Chairman Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo reiterated that Samoa […]
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