{"id":838,"date":"2021-01-04T21:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=838"},"modified":"2021-01-04T21:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:14:59","slug":"samoa-tightens-entry-terms-over-new-virus-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Samoa tightens entry terms over new virus strain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samoa is tightening access further by banning the entry of recovered Covid-19 travellers for six months after their infection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To be able to travel, they must pass three tests seven days apart.<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In addition, they must take another Covid-19 test five days before their departure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The new measures come just days after Samoa banned all travellers from Britain and South Africa because of the emergence of the new B.1.1.7 strain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Samoa has further banned travellers transiting through 13 countries, including Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pre-departure testing has to be done three and five days before travel to Samoa, with the rules also applying to flight and sea crews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ministry of Health, which signs off the travel requirements, also reserves the right to increase quarantine from 14 to 21 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nearly 300 stranded Samoan sailors are expected to travel home on a special repatriation flight on 22 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Their fate is unclear as some of the sailors had been reported to have contracted Covid-19 while stranded in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Samoa is among the few countries to remain free of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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