To date, a total of 88,483 RAT tests have been administered and testing continues at all district hospitals in the country and private General Practitioner clinics.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa announced that one person sadly passed away during this period, taking the number of deaths to 24.
She also gave a rundown of the district to district vaccination roll out using school buildings which was completed last week.
“To date, 92.9% of people in the age group 18 years and above have completed vaccinations; 88.3% for the age group12 to 17 and 83.5% for the age group 5 to 11. A total of 74,218 booster doses have been administered.
As of current, our vaccination programs for these age groups continue at all district hospitals and centres at the Motootua hospital. Vaccination remains our best defence against severe effects of COVID 19, leading to hospitalisation or death.
Our country, through the Ministry of Health continues to proactively respond and lead measures to counter the spread of COVID 19 in the community.
The Ministry of Health confirmed from its latest report, that from the 10th to the 12th of May, 358 new community cases were identified, taking the total number of cases for Samoa to 11,671 including repatriated passengers.
Six people are currently isolated at the Motootua hospital with none at the ICU. It is encouraging to note that most of the people who contracted the virus have made full recoveries.”
