non-infectious case
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health officials on the COVID Task Force fielded a lot of questions from its members Tuesday concerning the American Samoa’s first positive COVID case, which they point out is “likely non-infectious” but they say they are not taking any risks.
Since the positive result...

![Dr. Tufa says the health community is still being cautious so that there is no room for error. “Even though we are saying this is a historical case, it’s not infectious, we're still following our protocols which is in line with what CDC recommends for this type of [case],” he added. [SN file photo] Department of Health Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dr_a_tufa_2.jpg?itok=sXOngmTg)