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Apia, SAMOA — Aisoli Faapusa Te’o was removed from the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) cruise ship he had been working on after he allegedly stabbed another sailor in an incident that he says was self-defense.
Aisoli insists that he had acted in defense of a young Samoan sailor who was being...
Apia, SAMOA — More blood tests and samples from a Samoan sailor, who produced conflicting Covid tests last week, are being sent for further examination in New Zealand.
This comes after sample results already sent to Wellington did not shed any more light on his status.
The samples, one of which was...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health intends to conduct more testing of the sailor who had initially tested positive for coronavirus last night but returned a negative result this morning.
He was among 26 sailors who traveled via New Zealand last Friday with more than 250 others.
In announcing...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Govt is planning to send to New Zealand this weekend on a cargo flight arriving Friday and returning the same day swab samples from the Samoa sailor, the first suspected COVID19 positive case in the country.
While awaiting the results from New Zealand, the sailor placed...


![PM Tuila'epa, (left), Director of Health Leausa Dr Take Naseri and Interim Chair of the NEOC, Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo. [photo: RNZ Pacific / Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia] PM Tuila'epa, (left), Director of Health Leausa Dr Take Naseri and Interim Chair of the NEOC, Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pm_tuilaepa_director_general_of_health_and_interim_chairman_of_the_national_emergency_operation_center_in_a_media_conference_today.jpg?itok=3zjHqvq7)
!["All the necessary health measures are enforced to eliminate any possible danger to our country," said Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi. [SN file photo] Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_pm_new_tui_web_6.jpg?itok=_69QlpIa)
![Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaking to reporters yesterday in Apia during a televised address about the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the South Pacific nation. The case came in through its borders — it is not a community case, it may not even be a case. [photo: Samoa government] Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaking to reporters](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_samoa_pm.jpg?itok=YeBfdHUK)