All 272 passengers arrived from NZ last Saturday, returned negative results

All 272 passengers arrived from NZ on Saturday 12^th February, 2022, were swabbed upon arrival, and all returned negative results yesterday morning.

All passengers have settled in quarantine sites for 21 days.

To ensure minimal threat of the spread of COVID 19 beyond our borders, the 134 highest risk frontline workers were also quarantined, straight after processing the flight, a new policy measure now in place.

The staff is in quarantine for 72 hours, provided all goes well; include those from the Ministry of Health, staff of the Samoa Immigration, Customs, and Quarantine, Samoa Airport Authority, Samoa Airways, and drivers.

The five positive cases from the flight of 19^th January who were quarantined at Faleolo hospital, and two positive cases in the Isolation ward at Moto'otua Hospital all returned negative tests on Saturday, 12^th February, 2022 after their third negative consecutive test results.

As per process, MOH have released them from isolation.

All remaining positive cases are being closely monitored in isolation and continue to remain well and asymptomatic.