A hard blow for the Samoa Islands. The archipelago, spared for months despite the global pandemic, has just had its first case of coronavirus.
A sailor, who on his departure from New Zealand was in possession of a negative test. On his arrival on the archipelago, a second sample on Tuesday turned out to be positive this time.
1Precarious infrastructure in the face of an epidemic
A hard blow when we know that in terms of health resources, Samoa is not sufficiently equipped to face this kind of epidemic. That of measles at the end of last year was an overview of the situation there. The epidemic had killed 83 people, mostly babies and newborns.