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COVID-19
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has confirmed 25 of Samoa's front-line workers on the wharf have been isolated when four crew members of a cargo vessel had tested positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in American Samoa.
Samoa was the last place they docked, on 1st March.
This was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While spouses and children of essential workers worry about their loved ones who are at their workplaces during the pandemic, many families and individuals are experiencing dramatic changes in their lives as American Samoa heads into its third week of community spread of...
An Airport Police officer monitoring traffic with a long line of cars heading into the Pago Pago International Airport parking lot on Saturday, Mar. 5, for the COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru. Many took advantage of the drive-thru including those who needed the booster shot. [courtesy photo]
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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Community spread of COVID-19 continues on the main island of Tutuila, recording the highest number so far per day, at 61 new positive cases on Mar. 4, with no reported hospitalizations or deaths due to COVID-19, according to the American Samoa COVID-19 Outbreak...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some 55 federal officials, including those from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are scheduled to arrive today on a charter flight to provide support after community spread of COVID-19 was identified in the territory, and as the total number reached 135...
Cannery workers wait patiently behind new barrier posts yesterday to get their paychecks for the day and 1/2 they worked last week before the Code Red lockdown due to the community spread of COVID-19.One worker showed his check to Samoa News for the amount of $97.59 and said, “COVID-19 is not a...
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 — American Samoa is expecting about 13,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive this Saturday while the community spread of the coronavirus continues — reaching the territory’s total count of 135 — as of 7p.m. on Mar. 2, according to the American Samoa COVID-19 Outbreak...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Since the start of the pandemic and the territory’s first confirmed positive border case of COVID-19 around September of last year, wearing a face mask inside buildings that are open to the public has become an issue for many American Samoa storeowners.
And now that...