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COVID-19
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 confirmed positives recorded at LBJ Medical Center, reveal eleven of them are hospital employees, including four physicians, said Dr. Akapusi Ledua, acting chief of staff, during last Friday’s virtual news conference,
Dr. Ledua also revealed that the hospital is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his virtual Zoom address late yesterday morning, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga announced that the COVID-19 Task Force and the government plan to ease restrictions on ASG operations and businesses.
According to the governor, who delivered his address in Samoan, the task...
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....
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that Samoa authorities have detected two new positive COVID-19 cases with a driver and another health worker bringing to 15 the total number of active cases in Samoa.
A statement issued by the Government Press Secretariat on Sunday afternoon confirmed...
Complying with COVID-19 restrictions, this family wore face masks while waiting to pick up their school lunch food coupons at Samoana High School last week. Of note: If you belong to the same ‘bubble’, i.e. family household, social distancing is not strictly required. [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dept. of Health is encouraging all families to prepare for when someone in their household tests positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation at home. This comes about as the positive count rose to 494 after Friday’s testing, with the total in Tafuna reaching 100....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the numbers of confirmed COVID cases in the community continue to climb each and everyday, two sides of the issue to vaccinate or not continues to echo through the community.
Leading the call to vaccinate and get boosted to protect themselves from serious illness...
In the midst of the Code Red restrictions, necessary infrastructure work still needs to be carried out, as seen Thursday as a construction crew digs in an area in Ottoville to lay water pipe lines [photo: FS]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a virtual Zoom news conference today, Friday, Health officials announced that the territory’s cumulative COVID-19 positive count has reached 433 confirmed community cases, as of Mar. 10.
In the 24-hour period up to Mar. 10, DoH reported 51 new positive cases...