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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Dept of Health is reporting a total of 229 COVID cases in the territory on Saturday, March 5, after a total of 174 tests were conducted and 14 people tested positive.
Those testing positive have been served with a Home Isolation Directive for 14 days. Anyone with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is expecting about 13,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive this Saturday while the community spread of the coronavirus continues — reaching the territory’s total count of 135 — as of 7p.m. on Mar. 2, according to the American Samoa COVID-19 Outbreak...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department data on confirmed COVID-19 cases in the community shows the numbers continue to increase following tests conducted Saturday, Feb. 26.
The DoH data report also amends the numbers for Feb. 25 with the number of positives at 10 — instead of the initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread on Tutuila island, reaching as far as Fagasa and Vatia — to the East Side, according to the Health Department’s report at 8p.m. on Feb. 25 and released late last night.
DoH reports that on Friday, Feb. 25, a total of 563 tests were...
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...
Apia, SAMOA — Three new cases of COVID-19 including a 4-year-old child have been detected among those in quarantine in Samoa, the country's Ministry of Health says.
Samoa is at alert level 2 and has just emerged from a nationwide lockdown.
The outbreak started about 10 days ago among passengers who...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa extended its nationwide lockdown on Wednesday for another 24 hours as a precautionary measure with the 26 positive COVID-19 cases in managed isolation.
The Samoa Observer is reporting today that Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced the government decision after a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 48-hour lockdown in Samoa has now been extended for another 72 hours — til 6p.m, Thursday Jan. 27 in Apia (Wednesday in American Samoa) — after 5 frontline workers tested COVID-19 positive.
Fiame made the announcement Monday night in Apia (Sunday in American Samoa)...
APIA, Samoa — Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has declared a nation-wide lockdown starting today, Saturday, Jan. 22 in Apia (Friday in American Samoa) from 6p.m. until 6.p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24 (Sunday in American Samoa) — after 15 passengers who arrived earlier this week on a flight from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five passengers on the Nov. 18 flight from Honolulu tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and they, along with their close-contact family members who traveled with them, are now in isolation for 14-days, says Health Department’s Dr. Fiona Trail during a news conference...