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Samoa detects scores of COVID cases within days of outbreak

FILE - This photo shows the Catholic Cathedral in Apia, on the island of Upolu, Samoa, July 8, 2015. Samoa has reported scores of new COVID-19 cases each day since detecting its first case of community transmission last week. The South Pacific island nation of 200,000 people has been in lockdown since Saturday, March 19, 2022, as it deals with its first outbreak of the pandemic. Samoa reported another 95 new cases in 24 hours to Saturday and another 85 on Sunday. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP, File) FILE - This photo shows a traditional boat in Apia, Samoa, July 22, 2015. Samoa has reported scores of new COVID-19 cases each day since detecting its first case of community transmission last week. The South Pacific island nation of 200,000 people has been in lockdown since Saturday, March 19, 2022, as it deals with its first outbreak of the pandemic. Samoa reported another 95 new cases in 24 hours to Saturday and another 85 on Sunday. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP, File)
Samoa detects scores of COVID cases within days of outbreak