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COVID-19 pandemic

Dr. Elizabeth Lauvao
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three passengers onboard Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu last week Thursday night and two travelers on the MV Lady Naomi from Samoa last Thursday morning, tested COVID-19 positive and were place in isolation, in accordance with local protocol. The Dept. of Health...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming additional federal funding news for the major runway rehabilitation project at the Pago Pago International Airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has notified Congresswoman Amata of a grant totaling $8,888,888, or...
social distancing during Easter Sunday church service
Yesterday in Samoa congregation members observed social distancing during their Easter Sunday church service.  The country is currently under Alert Level 2 with local authorities last week announcing approval for the resumption of church services but limited to 30 people or less.  [photo: Junior S...
TCF cell block
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the ideas contained in the Task Force plan to stop the spread of the Coronavirus inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) is the early release of some inmates from TCF and sending them home. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working closely with...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — DOH and the American Samoa COVID-19 Taskforce have been in the forefront of leading the effort of successfully repatriating over 1200 of our citizens with zero percent transmission of COVID-19 cases.  However, the Administration has moved into the next phase of...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has contacted U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about an issue with the 2020 Census count and how it affects American Samoa, due to the many residents who were stranded away from their homes during the Census effort. “I am writing to bring to...
People getting vaccinated in Samoa during a vaccination drive
Yesterday was the second and final day of lockdown in Samoa with health authorities going door to door to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Around 7,000 doses of AstraZeneca were administered on Thursday as part of the two-day roll out. Despite the strict lockdown, from 8am to 6pm, it is not compulsory...
Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu Administration has put out a call to all physicians in the territory to join the medical team by responding and supporting current efforts to protect local borders from the COVID-19 pandemic, Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale said during a news conference...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new medical facility, improved mental health services as well as expanded health services to villages and outer islands are some of the “Public Health” projects being allocated millions of dollars in funding under the territory’s more than $479 million from the...
Samoa prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's new Minister of Health said a planned travel bubble with New Zealand will not happen until the country's eligible population are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Valasi Tafito Selesele told the Samoa Observer that the latest amendments to the State of Emergency Orders was...

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