Samoa Observer reports Samoa Airways confirmed flying to Australia on Monday to repatriate over 80 Australian and Japanese citizens who had been caught there after the enforced Covid-19 border closures.
It returned to Samoa early Tuesday morning carrying medical supplies, including hand sanitisers, asthma medication, wraps and masks.
An airline spokeswoman told the newspaper that the flight crew will now face a 14-day quarantine period.
The country still awaits the arrival of test kits to help diagnose for coronavirus locally.