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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) has requested an inventory of all vehicles for ASG departments, offices and semi-autonomous agencies as the government prepares to launch a “Protect AS One” mass vaccination driver from Dec. 1st through Dec. 3rd from 8a.m...
Washington, D.C. — 100 percent federal funding is now available through the end of 2021 for any emergency protective measure grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of COVID-19 response.
“We’ve had a lot of major funding news recently and since early 2020, but this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In its “Border Closure Impact Analysis” document, the American Samoa Chamber of Commerce reconfirmed that restrictions on business activities in previous COVID-19 declarations affected many small local businesses, which had to depend on federal COVID funds “to survive”....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a shipment of COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old now on island, the Health Department (DoH) is launching this week for two-days a week, vaccination for this age group, as the government pushes a for vaccination rate of 90% or higher for the...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The private sector is opposed to the 3-day [ASG] Stand Down and its accompanying restricted movement order” for the government’s planned mass COVID-19 vaccination, declared American Samoa Chamber of Commerce chairwoman, Luisa Kuaea in a Nov. 11th letter to COVID-19 Task...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a shipment of COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old now on island, the Health Department (DoH) is launching this week for two-days a week, vaccination for this age group, as the government pushes a for vaccination rate of 90% or higher for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As discussed at an earlier COVID Task Force meeting, ASG is planning a mass vaxx shut down of the territory in December, this would be similar to the campaign carried out in Samoa last month. However, the shut down is facing a push back from the local bsiness community...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the House and Senate health committees visited LBJ Medical Center last week followed by a briefing with hospital officials, during a question and answer session.
The LBJ site visit was initiated by the House Health Committee, chaired by Rep. Andra Samoa — and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A passenger on the Nov. 1st flight from Honolulu has tested positive for COVID-19 and the individual — as required of all those entering American Samoa — is fully vaccinated and is a local resident.
This is according to sources who shared information with Samoa News as...