NEOC Update: Still no evidence of a community transmission

Source: NEOC Report

APIA SAMOA – 29 JANUARY 2022: The National Emergency Operations Committee (NEOC) latest Situational Report issued this evening assures that currently, there is no evidence of a Covid-19 community transmission.

The report comes 24 hours after Samoa moved from Level 3 Red Alert to Level 2 Orange as of 6pm last night and relaxing of lockdown conditions including the opening of shops, markets and freer movement of the public.

“As of this afternoon, the Ministry of Health confirmed that Samoa remains at 27 positive cases. Subsequently, all the 301 people including passengers, front liners and the 27 in controlled isolation remain asymptomatic without any symptoms,” said the report.

“The 3^rd round of COVID-19 tests of all front-liners in quarantine have returned negative. The same negative results were also confirmed for the rest of passengers-all negative.

“Currently there is no evidence of a community transmission,” said NEOC.

RESPONSE AGENCIES
The Ministry of Police, Prisons and Corrections report
* 21 Tickets issued since Saturday 22 January 2022
* 552 Warning issued since Saturday 22 January 2022

Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority  report
* 164 Ambulance responses to Saturday 22 January 2022
* 22 in Savaii
* 142 in Upolu

VACCINATION ROLL OUT
A total of 1,082 vaccinations were administered on Thursday 27 January 2022

ASTRA ZENECA
First dose: 204
Second dose: 596

PFIZER
First Dose: 149
Second Dose: 133

As of 27 January 2022
106,339 have been fully vaccinated for the Astra Zeneca vaccine
9,645 have been fully vaccinated for the Pfizer vaccine