On 30 June, the Office submitted its eighth State of Human Rights Report (SHRR) to Parliament as mandated by section 40 of the Ombudsman Act 2014 – where the Office is required to submit to the Legislative Assembly a report on the human rights situation in Samoa every year. The Office’s 2022 SHRR focused on […]
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Samoa Covid: 63 New Cases Reported Over Four Days
Situational Report (05th July to 09th July, 2022) on COVID-19 in Samoa. The Ministry of Health in its latest report confirmed 63 positive cases commencing from 05th of July to 09th of July 2022. Currently, there is one patient being isolated at the Moto’otua National Hospital. These cases take the total number of COVID-19 positive […]
Australia has so far Donated 214,000 RAT Tests to Support Samoa’s Covid-19 Response
Samoa’s development partners continue to support Samoa’s Covid-19 response, and part of that support has been the supply of RAT tests by literally hundreds of thousands. Last week saw the arrival of 128,000 Australian-funded Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) into Samoa. This, in addition to the 86,000 RATs previously supplied in April this year, took the […]
Samoa Covid Update: Total Case Count Exceeds 15,000
Weekly Situational Report. The Ministry of Health in its latest COVID-19 situational report confirmed 56 positive cases within the period commencing from 03rd of July to 05th of July 2022. These cases include 54 new community cases and 2 new imported cases, taking the total number of cases (community and border) to 15,052. Currently, there are […]
Samoa Covid Update: 129 Cases in the Latest Seven Day Report
Weekly Situational Reports from June 19th to June 26th. The Ministry of Health in its latest seven day rolling average report confirmed 129 positive cases on the status of the COVID 19 in Samoa commencing from 2pm on June 19th to 2pm on June 26th, 2022. The Ministry confirmed the total cases (community and border) […]
Samoa Covid: Low Numbers of Covid-19 Cases Recorded in Two Consecutive Reports
27 June 2022, Covid-19 Situational Report Report for Samoa. The Ministry of Health in its latest Covid-19 situational report confirmed 31 positive cases with 29 new community cases and 2 new cases identified at the border within the two days between 2pm, 21st of June to 2pm, 23rd of June 2022. This latest report, from […]
Samoa’s Latest Covid Related Death is a One-Year-Old Baby Girl
Situational Report (19th June to 21st June, 2022) on COVID-19 in Samoa. The Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a one year old baby girl from Covid-19. The Ministry update states that the toddler, who is not eligible for vaccination, had no other known health conditions. The death of a one year old […]
Samoa Covid Update: 273 New Community Cases and No Deaths Reported in Latest 48hr Report
Situational Report 13th June to 19th June. The Ministry of Health confirmed 273 new community cases, 275 positive cases and three (3) patients currently in managed isolation at Moto’otua Hospital and none at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Moto’otua hospital within the period commencing from 13th of June to 19th of June 2022. […]
Samoa Covid Update: 107 Cases in Two Days
Apia, Samoa Situational Report on COVID-19 The Ministry of Health confirmed 107 positive cases were reported in two days of 09th of June to 11th of June 2022. “Of these, 106 are community cases and one (1) case detected at the border. This brings the total number of cases (community and border) to 14,422.” There […]
Samoa Covid: Cases Drop to 128 Over Two Days, No Reported Deaths
Samoa Covid-19 Situational report: 01 to 03 June, 2022. The Ministry of Health in its latest situational report from three days ago have confirmed 128 new community cases for the period: 01st to 03rd of June 2022. There are no deaths to report and no patients at the Intensive Care Unit at Moto’otua hospital. There […]
