The group included many travelers with existing health conditions needing medical attention.
Samoa Airways and Talofa Airways had to cancel some scheduled flights from Samoa on the advice of the Department of Health to allow medical staff to recuperate.
Health Director Motusa Tuileama Nua said doctors and nurses were having to attend to the elderly and sick travelers being quarantined.
He said these people could not be taken to the hospital because they were in quarantine and could not be exposed to other patients.
