As of Thursday there were seven new positive coronavirus test results from among the 179 travellers who arrived on the January 6 Hawaiiaian Air flight.
Health officials suspect that some of the travelers may have contracted the omicron variant which is regarded as the fastest spreading of the various Covid variants known to date.
Talanei reports the Deputy Director of Health Vesi Fautanu confirmed the seven positive results.
He said all seven individuals were removed from the quarantine sites and taken to the Alternate Care Facility In Tafuna where they are to be quarantined for an extra 14 days. He said all are fully vaccinated and they are doing well.
As readers would recall, 411 passengers had registered for the January 6 flight but after the three Covid tests only 179 made it. Health officials are trying to determine How and where the six picked up the virus.
