$100 incentive
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s $100 cash incentive, which is awarded to any eligible resident (except ASG employees) getting a first or second dose of the vaccine will end this coming Friday and the health centers have been busy this week accommodating the foot traffic there.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 1,800 shots were administered for COVID-19 at ten sites during day-one of the government mass vaccination drive on Wednesday for the Central District, which had it’s second day of vaccination yesterday, according to preliminary Health Department data.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG will once again offer a $100 incentive for first and second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine during the mass vaccination drive scheduled for first-three Wednesdays of December, according to a COVID-19 Task Force news release following Monday’s weekly task force meeting...

![COVID-19 task force chair, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale acknowledged task force members this week for their support and roles in the progress and achievements of the past year saying, “Thank you all for your time and commitment in continuing our work that has always been about keeping American Samoa safe.” [courtesy photo] Members of the ASG COVID-19 Task Force](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/task_force_meeting_copy.png?itok=x6KiHoX8)
![This Health Department photo posted on its Facebook page shows Samoa Baptist Academy students in line for their vaccination shots at the school campus, one of the vaccination sites yesterday. [photo: DoH Facebook] Children line up to get COVID vaccine](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_n_sba_0579_n.jpg?itok=NaRPzanC)
![This Health Department photo posted on its Facebook page shows Health director, Motusa Tuileama Nua (far left - front) and other DoH staff during a briefing early this week with village mayors from Faganeanea to Aoloau in preparation for the COVID-19 mass vaccination drive set for the first-three Wednesdays in December. [photo: DoH Facebook] Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua with village mayors](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_n_village_mayors.jpg?itok=JVCGX4av)