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Quarantine escape risk downplayed; dozens isolated

By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi • 20 October 2021, 11:19PM

Health authorities have assured Samoans they remain safe from the COVID-19 virus despite public panic on Wednesday morning after a man escaped a quarantine facility and made his way into town.

Downtown Apia was abuzz with panic on Wednesday after the man, recently arrived from New Zealand, fled quarantine and visited a Western Union outlet in Savalalo seeking to withdraw money.

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By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi • 20 October 2021, 11:19PM

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