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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force acknowledged during their weekly meeting this past Monday that the high number of positive cases recently reported in quarantine have not only “tested the medical community’s response but also the travelers’ patience.”
It also resulted in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man arrested in a police raid on Ofu, Manu’a in the middle of 2020 where drugs, guns, ammunitions and paraphernalia were discovered — is now being charged for violating local drug laws.
Apelu Liulamaga made his initial appearance in District Court last week....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Friday, January 28, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) received word from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), a division of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), that the ACCJC has affirmed the accreditation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Avagafono Tuavao Vaimaga Maiava has called out to leaders of the American Samoa Government (ASG) to take the issue of increased positive cases of COVID-19 at the border seriously and consider a move to prevent further consequences.
During the House Session on Monday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest Health Department data as of Monday this week shows a total of 39 new COVID-19 infections or true positives following the third test of travelers who were on board the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu and as well as quarantine staff connected with this flight....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted for violating local drug laws was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week after the court decided that the 9-1/2 months he served while awaiting the outcome of his case is sufficient for the crime he committed.
Danny Mikaele...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the opening ceremony yesterday morning for the 2022 American Samoa Constitutional Review Committee was heading towards closing, Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono voiced his disappointment and sadness over the Administration not looking to the Fono to serve on the Committee...
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 — Radio New Zealand is reporting the situation at the American Samoa Covid-19 quarantine sites housing travellers from Honolulu is getting testy after they were told they won't be released until Friday, regardless of their COVID test results.
Those who tested negative were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advisory released Sunday night, the Health Department announced that quarantine for travelers of the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu has been extended to Friday, Feb. 11 in “light of the number of recent positive cases identified in quarantine.”
DoH data released at...