Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four people have been removed from the second group of American Samoa residents set to be repatriated from the United States after testing positive for Covid-19.

The Chair of the House Health Committee, Andra Samoa, said that the number of people in the quarantined group in Hawai'i had dropped because of the results.

According to medical authorities, four of the 195 who checked into the quarantine hotel returned positive results for their first tests and have now been moved into the state isolation facility.

The next tests are set now going on before the travellers depart for Pago Pago.