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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The World Health Organization (WHO) declared last Friday, that the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency, and that comes as US authorities issued new guidelines as the federal COVID public health declaration ends on May 11 — which is also...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that effective January 5, 2023, it is implementing a requirement for a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from the disease for passengers boarding flights to the United States originating from the People...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa is still in the very early stages of the outbreak” of the COVID-19 community spread, said US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemiologist, Dr. Thane Hancock during last Friday’s virtual news conference. “And there are going to be more...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “experts... are saying that the concept of herd immunity, is no longer a concept with the omicron variant” of the coronavirus, says Dr. Aifli John Tufa, the territory’s lead Epidemiologist with the Health Department. “...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendation for when many people can receive a booster shot, shortening the interval from 6 months to 5 months for people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.  In a media release...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, the CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others,” the Centers for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened its recommendation on booster doses yesterday for individuals who are 18 years and older. Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either when 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or...
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Somerset, UNITED KINGDOM — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has new imported COVID-19 cases after five travelers on the Nov. 18th flight from Honolulu tested positive and the passengers, along with their family members, who traveled with them, were immediately taken into isolation, Health Department’s Dr. Fiona...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released new data showing that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most parents in the U.S. continued to protect their children by following CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended vaccine schedule....

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