Midnight 5 April

Samoa lockdown extended to 5 April

The extension was announced by Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa yesterday.

There are 182 new community cases taking the total number of active community cases to 1,239.

Fiame said 97 percent of these cases are based in Upolu and three per cent.

There are no cases in the Intensive Care Unit.

“Most of the cases that were isolated in isolation wards at Motootua after developing mild symptoms have been discharged.”

Fiame also said that 70,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected to arrive this afternoon.