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Samoa and Kiribati go into lockdown after international arrivals bring COVID-19

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The countries enter lockdowns after having avoided the worst of the pandemic for two years.

Kiribati and Samoa have entered lockdowns after overseas arrivals brought COVID-19 to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the worst of the pandemic for two years.Authorities in both countries have put in place stay-at-home orders after the virus was detected in international arrivalsKirbati's capital South Tarawa and Buota village is under lockdown until further notice

But authorities in both countries were forced to put in place stay-at-home orders on Saturday after the virus was detected in international arrivals. The restrictions will lift on Monday night and all current cases -- believed to be infected with the Omicron variant -- are in quarantine, she added.Kiribati's leader said the capital South Tarawa — home to almost half of the country's 120,000 population — would be placed under the restrictions after recording its first community cases.

 

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