covid-19 restructions
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Veterans Memorial Stadium is the proposed venue for public high school graduations on Tutuila next month, and it will comply with current COVID-19 protocol such as masking and social distancing according to the local Education Department’s (ASDOE) plan submitted to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration easing restrictions on public gatherings — allowing 10 people inside, does not apply to in-door dining at restaurants, which is specifically prohibited under provisions of the declaration, said Lt. Gov. Talauega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first person convicted by the court for failure to comply with the requirements set by the government during the Governor’s declaration for the COVID-19 enforcement was ordered by the court to pay a fine of $50.
According to District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea, this...


![“The task force has not authorized in-door dining and I too have heard these stories but [have] no confirmation yet,” was Talauega’s response, and reiterated again, to all restaurants that the governor’s declaration “specifically prohibits indoor dining.” Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lt._gov_remote_photo_img_7278_1.jpg?itok=vxiNf9YW)
