Samoa

Health authorities in Samoa are reporting more new cases of Covid-19 at the border.

Samoa has extended its current nationwide lockdown for another 72 hours to end on Thursday night.

Samoa is more than halfway through it's 48 hour nationwide lockdown and health officials report via social media that no community transmission of Covid-19 has been identified.

A doctor says Samoa is well-prepared to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the community.

Samoa will be in a countrywide lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm Monday evening.

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the government may cancel scheduled repatriation flights from Australia after the arrivial of 10 positive cases amongst 73 passengers from Brisbane on…

Ten new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Samoa among passengers who arrived into the country from Australia yesterday.

The Samoa Cabinet has approved the medical transfer to New Zealand of opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegoai.

The Samoa cabinet is considering a request from the Ministry of Health for the former prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, to be medivaced to New Zealand.

Travellers to Samoa will soon pay for their quarantine costs as the government moves to reduce the expense of coronavirus prevention measures that began two years ago.

Samoa is considering cash rewards to get people vaccinated as the country struggles to find ways to reach its target of 96 percent of the eligible population to be fully vaccinated.

The leader of the Human Rights Protection Party in Samoa has called for a Commission of Inquiry into the Office of the Electoral Commission.

The website of the Samoan Meteorology Service may have been the victim of a cyber attack according to local Samoa media.

Samoa's backbone, the tourism industry recorded a decline of WST$375.3 million for financial year 2019-2020.

Samoa's first female Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has described 2021 as a challenging year for the country.