The funds are in addition to the US$5.1 million already delivered by the World Bank to Samoa for its COVID-19 response at the end of March 2020. This brings the World Bank’s total funding to support Samoa’s COVID-19 response to approximately US$8.5m – and overall health funding to US$21.4m. The additional US$3.4m are being delivered through a dedicated emergency health project, and from the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) of the Samoa – Pacific Resilience Project.
