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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the updates provided by the Health Department Situational Report to the COVID-19 Task Force briefing on Tuesday afternoon, is the end of pre-travel testing to enter Samoa and that the number of local COVID-19 positive cases continues to decline — at less than 30....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has recommended that passengers who originate from the U.S and Samoa ports, no longer be required to get tested for COVID 72-hours prior to departure for American Samoa, but these travelers will still undergo testing upon arrival in Pago Pago.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two faipule from Manu’a District #1, Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui Jr and Rep. Tiaoalii Fau Sai have called out to the Task Force and ASG for clarification about travel to Manu’a.
Rep. Tiaoalii said during the House Session yesterday morning that people from his District...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Zoom news conference yesterday, Health Department’s Dr. Fiona Trail provided an update on the Mar. 10 Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu announcing a policy change.
She said travelers on the flight would follow the same requirements as the previous ones,...
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 — In an advisory issued late last night, the Health Department announced that on Wednesday, Feb. 23, eleven cases of COVID-19 were identified at the Tafuna Health Center and LBJ Medical Center.
Nine of the 11 cases were fully vaccinated, according to the advisory, which...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Cool Stuff is sure Congresswoman Uifa'tali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewaggen has your back... making sure the territory gets its share of home COVID test kits in a prompt manner.
Here is what to expect as these helpful kits could become critical to the territory's re-opening. ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is being allocated more than $3 million in funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support expanding COVID-19 testing and vaccination activities.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced late last week...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Govt is planning to send to New Zealand this weekend on a cargo flight arriving Friday and returning the same day swab samples from the Samoa sailor, the first suspected COVID19 positive case in the country.
While awaiting the results from New Zealand, the sailor placed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday aftrnoon Congresswoman Aumua Amata said she was blessed to be able to return to American Samoa during the House district work period due to a military-operated FEMA/medical flight to the islands that had room on the way. She released the following statement:
“I’m...



![Nurse Fa’avela Sega of Ta’u Clinic staff is joined by Nurse Palefuiono Sai Ilaoa of the Ofu/Olosega Clinic who traveled to Ta’u to assist in this vaccination effort. They are pictured last Friday in Faleasao village. They also visited Fitiuta and Ta’u villages last week. [photo: Manu’atele Community Facebook] Manu'a DoH team](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tau_vax_team.jpg?itok=h61df4cv)

![DoH reminds all that vaccination and testing drive-thru is set for today, Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Pago Pago International Airport parking lot from 8a.m. to 2p.m.[SN file photo] Healthcare worker with mask standing beside a car](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vaccine_drive_thru.jpg?itok=_nMf2GRi)

![In Hawaii, COVID Home Tests are available at Long's Drugs (CVS) in Honolulu. President Biden has directed that home tests be made available, with shipments to all citizens expected to be made in late January '22. [photo: Barry Markowitz, courtesy Bluesky Communications] covid-19 home test](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/covid_home_test_img_1258.jpg?itok=se9AKRLP)

![Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaking to reporters yesterday in Apia during a televised address about the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the South Pacific nation. The case came in through its borders — it is not a community case, it may not even be a case. [photo: Samoa government] Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaking to reporters](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_samoa_pm.jpg?itok=YeBfdHUK)
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata at the U.S. Capitol in mid-May receiving a weekly update from the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the impact of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on American Samoa and the number of loans acquired to date. “I appreciate the efforts by our business community reflected by these loans,” said Aumua Amata. “This assistance can keep our businesses planning for the future despite the restricted economy.” [courtesy photo from SN archives] Amata with a protective cloth face mask](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_with_face_mask.jpg?itok=Ol0eLLr9)