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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...
Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA — As the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 took hold across the globe in late 2021, it became readily apparent that the pandemic had entered a new phase. Having experienced a previous COVID-19 infection or being vaccinated still left many people wondering how vulnerable they...
The rugby clash between Manu Samoa and the Barbarians at Twickenham, England was axed 90 minutes before its scheduled kick-off as four Barbarians and two members of that team’s staff tested positive. But that didn't stop the Manu Samoa from belting out their national anthem before performing their...


![This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. [credit: NIAID-RML] electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vero-covid-19-24h-hi_i034-rk.jpg?itok=gtpzsPRT)
