Samoa's government declared a nationwide lockdown starting at 6pm Saturday until 6pm tonight.
All offices, shops, bars and restaurants are closed and only vehicles for essential services are allowed on the roads.
All frontline staff were taken into quarantine on Saturday and have tested negative so far.
Police have set up roadblocks around the country and can issue on the spot fines up to 2,000 tālā for those who break the state of emergency orders.
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