15 years ago a devastating tsunami hit Samoa - leaving a trail of destruction and taking lives. We look back at that time in 2009, and see how Samoa has rebuilt. 🇼🇸 | ABC Pacific

Video captures the second tsunami wave to crash ashore on American Samoa on September 29, 2009. | American Red Cross

Together, We Can Shape the Future the headline theme of the 12th Annual Health Forum. There was no avoiding the most important health topic being the corona virus the Director General of the Ministry of Health Leausa Dr Take Naseri fronted media for the first time to inform the public that boarder security is the priority at this stage to prevent the introduction of COVID 19. The Chairman for Samoa’s COVID 19 Taskforce Paoa Dr Lamour Hansell believes the virus is going to reach Samoa one way or

Samoa remains COVID19 free yet in the face of the global pandemic the Director General of Health Leausa Dr Take Naseri says they only have 2,000 COVID19 test kits in hand and this is being prioritized for frontline health workers and Samoans repatriated from New Zealand and Fiji. | TV1 SAMOA

SAMOA SIGNS $1.5 MILLION ADB GRANT TO SUPPORT RESPONSE TO COVID-19 The Government of Samoa today signed a $1.5 million grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help fund the country’s response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Samoa’s Minister of Finance and ADB Governor Honorable Sili Epa Tuioti signed the agreement today at the Ministry of Finance in Apia. Senior Country Coordination Officer from ADB’s Samoa Pacific Country Office Tuala Maria Melei Tagilima and Counsellor a