{"id":9464,"date":"2022-02-25T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5635.temp.domains\/~talamuac\/?p=9464"},"modified":"2022-02-28T19:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T05:40:13","slug":"samoa-closes-travel-with-american-samoa-as-community-cases-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=9464","title":{"rendered":"Samoa closes travel with American Samoa as community cases increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporters<\/p>\n

APIA, SAMOA \u2013 25 FEBRUARY 2022:<\/strong> Samoa is closing all travel to and from American Samoa \u2013 80 miles across, in the wake of Covid-19 community cases in the territory.<\/p>\n

As of yesterday, 18 community cases of Covid-19 have been recorded by the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua says 7 new cases were identified during Covid testing at the DOH Alternate Care Facility in Tafuna.<\/p>\n

Of the 18 community cases, 3 are DOH employees, 7 are family members of one of the DOH employees, one is a man who tested positive for coronavirus at the LBJ Hospital Emergency Room the day before and 7 tested positive at the DOH Alternate Care Facility Tafuna yesterday.<\/p>\n

Samoa\u2019s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa said travel to and from the territory to Samoa are closed indefinitely as the territory goes to Red – Alert Level Three.<\/p>\n

Media reports from the territory last night said there were no positive cases recorded from over 100 people who were tested at the Leone Clinic as well as the 150 people who were tested at the Amouli Clinic.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Samoan Government has approved following international flights for the next month under the pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n

1) AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT (REPATRIATION \/ CARGO)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n