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COVID-19
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 1,100 shots were administered for COVID-19 at sixteen sites during the second-day of the government mass vaccination drive last Thursday for the Central District, as ASG prepares for the Western District this week, according to preliminary Health Department...
Queensland, AUSTRALIA — The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19 – the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Black Death bubonic plague (1342-1353), the Justinian plague (541-542) – don’t seem that long ago to archaeologists. We’re used to thinking about people who lived many...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Not yet half of the Executive Branch workforce of just over 5,000 employees have been fully vaccinated, according to the Human Resources Department (DHR) report presented at Monday’s cabinet meeting, where it was also revealed that more than 1,000 teachers have not been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reaching a 90% or over COVID-19 vaccination rate for the territory’s eligible population is important in order to help protect American Samoa if the deadly virus spreads within the community as commercial flights from Honolulu continue to identify new positive cases,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five passengers on the Nov. 18 flight from Honolulu tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and they, along with their close-contact family members who traveled with them, are now in isolation for 14-days, says Health Department’s Dr. Fiona Trail during a news conference...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the COVID-19 Task Force meeting on Monday, Health Department’s Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa explained that the number of vaccinations for November sharply declined compared to previous months.
This is according to a task force news release, following...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has new imported COVID-19 cases after five travelers on the Nov. 18th flight from Honolulu tested positive and the passengers, along with their family members, who traveled with them, were immediately taken into isolation, Health Department’s Dr. Fiona...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of three-consecutive days of mass vaccinations with ASG operations closed down, the COVID-19 Task Force has come up with a new plan, with vaccinations to be administered on consecutive Wednesdays — Dec. 1st, 8th and 15th — with village and school based clinics...
Suva, FIJI — A three-month-old baby has died of Covid-19 in Fiji. The infant's death brings the country's death toll from the virus to 695.
n its latest update on 19 November, the government also confirmed 10 new cases, taking the number of active cases to 333.
By August, it was thought about 10...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 20 children ages 5 to 11 years old have been vaccinated for COVID-19 vaccine since vaccinations for this age group were first launched last week, says Health Department’s Dr. Faiese Talafu during Friday’s DoH news conference, where health official urged parents...