The Tupua Tamasese Meaule Hospital is pictured in Apia, Samoa, on July 10, 2015. Samoa will go into lockdown beginning Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of the coronavirus after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive. Dean Purcell/AP hide caption
Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, is pictured in 2004. The Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Samoa have announced rare COVID-19 lockdowns after dozens of international travelers tested positive for the virus. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
This image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga. Japan Meteorology Agency via AP hide caption
Red flags hang outside homes in Apia, Samoa, indicating that the residents have not been vaccinated for measles. Getty Images hide caption
Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, pictured in 2018, pleaded with the public not to turn to "alternative cures" for measles. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pictured are vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella. New Zealand officials sent 3,000 doses of the vaccine to Samoa in the face of a measles epidemic. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
A chef in the kitchen of NPR headquarters prepares turkey tails. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption
Samoa: Would you argue with getting an extra day in a place like this? D. Kirkland/Samoa Tourist Authority/AP hide caption