Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

19/03/2020; SAMPLE TESTING CLARIFICATION Due to the urgency of the request from the Ministry of Health, (MoH) we have been advised by laboratories in both Australia and New Zealand, that the turnaround time for testing samples from Samoa will be between 3 to 5 days. Please check the following Website and Facebook pages for updates […]

***EFFECTIVE 18 March 2020*** Due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 globally and the Declaration as a Global Pandemic by WHO on 11 March 2020; the risk for Samoa has now progressed to VERY HIGH. Border requirements and restrictions will be more strengthened now at ALL international ports of entry. ⚠️EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY⚠️ ALL TRAVELERS ENTERING […]

⚠️⚠️⚠️IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS ADVISORY WILL COME INTO EFFECT – SUNDAY 15 MARCH 2020, AT 8AM⚠️⚠️⚠️ ⚠️NOTED CHANGES: The number of countries and requirements that apply to listed countries⚠️ ⚠️⚠️The provision of the test results within 5 days for the Coronavirus (COVID-2019) will come into effect on the 19th March 2020⚠️⚠️ ⚠️All […]

Ua iai fa’amatalaga sese ua fa’asalalau i luga o upega tafailagi (facebook) e faapea ua iai le tagata ua a’afia i le Korona-19 i Samoa E le’o iai ni fa’amaumauga maumautu e fa’amaonia ai lenei fa’amatalaga, ma o su’esu’ega o lo’o fa’atino e le o iai se tasi ua a’afia i totonu o Samoa. Ua […]

There have been posts on social media falsely reporting a Coronavirus case in Samoa. These statements are not supported by any evidence, and all ongoing investigations have found no Coronavirus cases (no suspected and no confirmed). The result of these false social media statements is that a family has been wrongly accused of having the […]

11 March 2020; Good afternoon. In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled.   There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives.  Thousands more are fighting for their lives in […]

(9 MATI 2020); E tusa ai ma a’afiaga o le pepesi o le vairasi (Novel Corona Virus – 19), ua fautuaina ai nei e le Pulega o Malae Vaalele le usitaia o faatonuga mo le Puipuiga lautele. 1. Ua fautuaina nei le mamalu o le atunuu ina ia faaitiitia le soona tumutumu mai i le […]

(9 MARCH 2020); In accordance with the risks of the spreading Novel Coronavirus–19, the Samoa Airport Authority, as a precaution: 1. Encourages the public to limit activity and people coming to the airport to farewell and meet traveling families and friends. 2. The public is encouraged to bid farewell in the comfort of their homes […]