Samoa and Niue government and health officials are reminding residents to maintain good hygiene practice and look out for Covid-19 symptoms.
The Government of Niue (GON) announced on Tuesday it had detected four cases of Covid-19 which were picked up at the border before entering the island.
In total, Niue has now detected 5 positive cases at the border being 4 active cases and 1 historical case that has now recovered but is still in MIQ.
Premier Dalton Tagelagi announced its Covid-19 national alert codes have been updated and as of Wednesday night the island would move to Alert Level Yellow.
Practice and maintain good personal hygiene – regularly washing hands and coughing or sneezing into elbows.
Niue residents are being encouraged to continue to wear masks and to use Rocksafe for contact tracing and to follow the health & safety guidelines above.
Meanwhile, Samoa’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that 155 new community cases were recorded in the last 24hrs. This brings the total number of community cases detected since 17th March 2022 to 622 with 606 cases confirmed in Upolu and 16 active cases in Savaii.
