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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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center’s Dr. Ben Siatu’u confirmed during Tuesday’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting the upsurge in the number of residents coming into the Emergency Room, with influenza or flu, and requested that LBJ no longer conduct COVID-19 testing and treatment. Instead he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Territorial Coordinating Officer (TCO), Samana Semo Ve’ave’a, who is also director of the local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS), has responded to questions about the reported six travelers who arrived on Monday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Six passengers who traveled on Monday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu were not tested for COVID-19 upon arrival at Pago Pago International Airport, says Health Department Clinical Service director, Dr. Elizabeth Lauvao in an email update to the local media...
Health Department medical personnel conducting training this week in order for teachers and school officials to administer COVID-19 tests when schools reopen this coming week with staggered in-person classroom instruction. “It’s important that schools implement safety measures to keep schools open...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency says the costs of COVID testing in the State of Hawaii will be covered under the AS Medicaid program, for bona fide American Samoa residents requesting to be tested in order to return to American Samoa, according to a press...