The Health Ministry is yet to receive a report on the suspected H1NI cases in Samoa, as reported by Radio New Zealand this morning.
Speaking to Fijivillage, Permanent Secretary for Health Dr Sala Saketa said that since Fiji is close to Samoa, the Ministry will step up on their surveillance of the virus at all entry ports.
Dr Saketa was responding to reports on Radio New Zealand that medical supplies, including masks have arrived in Samoa as an Australian school group is quarantined in an Apia motel with suspected H1N1 virus.
Director General of Health in Samoa Palanitina Toelupe said in addition to the school party of about 30 from Melbourne, six Samoan staff from the motel are also in quarantine, one of them is a breast feeding mother.
Four students who are unwell have had swabs sent to New Zealand for testing, and they are taking the antiviral medication Tamiflu.
If confirmed, these would be the first cases of swine flu in Samoa.
Fourteen other people have been tested and treated in Samoa but these suspected cases did not turn out to have the H1N1 virus.
Health Ministry awaits report
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