Following the detection of a first case of covid-19 domestic transmission, the island state Samoa in the Pacific Ocean closed its borders today and is preparing for a national lockdown. “All schools will be closed (…), as will churches and other services, with the exception of basic services,” Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa said in a speech to the country’s citizens last Thursday night.
She added that public gatherings would be banned.
A 29 year old woman tested positive for coronavirus yesterday on the central island of Upolos as he prepared to travel to Fiji, according to Mataafa.
The Prime Minister of Samoa announced a national lockdown for four days, during which the woman’s contacts will be tracked.
The government also announced that all trips abroad are suspended.
The archipelago of about 200,000 inhabitants is one of the few parts of the world where no domestic cases of covid-19 have been recorded.while in total 48 imported infections have been detected in the country since the beginning of the pandemicas broadcast by the French Agency and rebroadcast by the Athenian News Agency.
About 90% of Samoans have taken two doses vaccine against covid-19according to official figures.
Source: News Beast
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