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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department data on confirmed COVID-19 cases in the community shows the numbers continue to increase following tests conducted Saturday, Feb. 26.
The DoH data report also amends the numbers for Feb. 25 with the number of positives at 10 — instead of the initial...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following message in Samoan and in English reacting to news of community transmission of covid-19:
“American Samoa has been deeply blessed to have had so many months without Covid on our shores, particularly during seasons when some of...
The tent in front of the LBJ Emergency area where a crowd of people were sitting waiting to be called in to see the doctor. There were also people sitting at the bus stop waiting for a chance to get inside the tent. [photo by AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread on Tutuila island, reaching as far as Fagasa and Vatia — to the East Side, according to the Health Department’s report at 8p.m. on Feb. 25 and released late last night.
DoH reports that on Friday, Feb. 25, a total of 563 tests were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The arrival of the next Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu will not change and the government has been prepared for two years now in the event of the COVID-19 pandemic spread into the community, said Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale — responding to media questions...
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...
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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Zoom session news conference on Tuesday, Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua said that for right now, only emergency flights are operating to the Manu’a island group and the agency will continue to assess the health situation there.
He also said that they are...
Suva, FIJI — The illicit drugs trade in the Pacific Islands continues to evolve despite COVID-19 border closures. The seizure of more than 500 kilograms of cocaine in Papua New Guinea in 2020 demonstrated that the pandemic had not diminished the trafficking of drugs through the region.
The cocaine...
MV Manu’atele offloading off shore at Ta’ū on Feb. 21. Later that day Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga declared the territory under Code Red after community spread of COVID-19 was detected. With the Manu’atele arriving just before the Code Red alert went into effect, residents in Manu’a have posted on...