Apolima island

Apolima Island residents praise Covid-19-free environment

To date, no one has tested positive for Covid-19.

One of the chiefs, Salesulu Puluseu is grateful for how the islanders have played their part to keep Covid-19 out of the island.

“We’ve been very careful with our fight against the Covid-19, keeping people as much as possible from traveling to the main island and we’re very grateful that our island has been free of Covid-19 from the start,” he said.

The residents don’t have to travel much for food as their land is blessed with plantations, vegetable gardens and pigs.

Samoa’s Health Ministry rolls-out vaccination on Apolima Island

Apolima Island mayor, Leala Afe Solo said they were concerned that they were close to reaching the deadline for the first jab of the vaccination programme and they were yet to be vaccinated.

Many of the villagers are elderly and unable to travel to the main land to receive their jabs.

In response, the ministry sent a team by boat to Apolima to conduct vaccinations.

 

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