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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There are 11 new confirmed community cases in Samoa.
Its first community case was confirmed Thursday night.
In response to the additional cases, Cabinet activated its zoning policy as part of the National Covid-19 plan to help stop the spread of the virus.
To date, there...
In a special announcement issued late last night (Thursday, Samoa time) Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa confirmed a case of community transmission in the independent nation and moved the country to Alert Level 2 for 24 hours before being elevated to Alert Level 3 from 12am Saturday to go...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 15-member Health and Medical Task Force dispatched to the territory from the U.S. Health and Human Services (USDHSS) arrived on Sunday and have begun their work supporting LBJ Medical Center as the surge of the community spread of COVID-19 continues and has exceeded...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa is still in the very early stages of the outbreak” of the COVID-19 community spread, said US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemiologist, Dr. Thane Hancock during last Friday’s virtual news conference.
“And there are going to be more...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Chair of the American Samoa COVID-19 Task Force, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale announced during last Friday’s Zoom conference that Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga will make an announcement later this month about this year’s Flag Day celebration, which is now 4 weeks away....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa COVID19 Outbreak Situational Report issued yesterday morning states that the territory’s cumulative COVID-19 positive counts as of March 9 has reached 382 “confirmed community cases”, no deaths, 79 treated with therapeutics, and 11 previous cases have...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases from several villages in Tutuila continue to increase from day to day, concerned members of the community are calling out to the Department of Health (DoH) director to conduct a full internal investigation on what actually...
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...
A “Do Not Enter” sign seen yesterday morning at the Pago residence of Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean. There was no such signage prior to American Samoa’s Code Red threat level. All families in the territory are being asked to prevent further spread of the virus across the community. One of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More local residents have tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus, as community spread widens.
In a health advisory issued late last night, the Health Department says that on Feb. 24, a total of 22 out of 301 people tested positive at its testing locations. This...