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Rep. Andra Samoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department officials explained that the positive COVID-19 spread into the community started from a Health Department employee assigned to one of the quarantine sites and this individual infected seven family members. DoH revealed this during yesterday morning’s...
Dr. Peka Lauvao (left) and Dr. Francine Amoa (right)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second COVID-19 test for all passengers who arrived on the Sept. 13th flight from Honolulu has come back negative and, meanwhile, they all remain in quarantine, according to Health Department officials during a news conference yesterday providing the latest update on...
Staci Iafeta (left) and her husband, Siave Iafeta (right)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repatriated passengers were strangers at the outset but they bonded and become “family”, leaning on each other and helping along the way, as they entered quarantine in Honolulu. There the bond was strengthened while waiting for confirmation from ASG for whether they...
Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's state of emergency, issued nine months ago, has been extended to 23 December after the country recorded its first positive test for Covid-19. Public concern and uncertainty swept across the country following Thursday's announcement by the government. The man was among 26...