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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s fatalities relating to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continue to climb slowly and have reached total cumulative mortality of 23 coronavirus related death, according to the LBJ Medical Center presentation at Tuesday’s COVID-19 Task Force briefing from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several LBJ Tropical Medical Center nurses say they have been placed on leave without pay after they failed to comply with the Governor’s mandate for all first responders and health workers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 — including the booster shot.
Some nurses...
Special choir from the Seventh-day Adventist Church American Samoa sang hymns at yesterday’s 2022 Flag Day ceremony at Malae o le Talu at Fagatogo, during the very scaled down event due to community spread of COVID. This is the 3rd year Flag Day has been scaled back during the pandemic. [photo:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The much scaled-back 2022 Flag Day ceremony, under the theme “O Oe ma Lou Fa’avae” - “You and Your Constitution” - is a one-day event at the Malae o le Talu at Fagatogo, Monday, April 18, marking 122 years since American Samoa became a U.S territory.
Flag Day is marked...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa COVID-19 Outbreak Situational Report released Saturday morning, Apr. 16, states that 1 new COVID-related death was recorded on Apr. 14, which also reported 40 news positive cases, no new hospitalizations, and 203 cases released from home isolation.
The...
Apia, SAMOA — Point blank, Secretary to Cabinet Agafili Tomaimanō Shem Leo has laid to rest rumors that Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was tested positive for COVID19 earlier this week.
During a press conference Thursday Agafili labeled the rumors “untrue and unfounded”.
He had met the Prime...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the spread of a new variant in the U.S. mainland, the government is doubling down on efforts to fight the spread of COVID by bringing in traveling healthcare professionals experienced in dealing with the coronavirus.
“We warmly welcome the NuWest team as they bring...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga has submitted a request for an additional Hawaiian Airlines flight in May and further proposed weekly flights to resume in June.
This comes well in advance to allow Hawaiian Airlines ample time with planning future operations, the governor said in...
Apia, SAMOA — Based on the latest official data released by Samoa’s Director General of Health Leausa Samau Dr. Take Naseri during a joint press conference Thursday this week with National Emergency Operation Center, (N.E.O.C.) Chairman Agafili Tomaimanō Shem Leo, paper its deadly frightening to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has recorded one new COVID-19 related death — as of Apr. 13 — bringing the total number of fatalities to 20, since the first death was reported on Mar. 22, according to officials who participated in Thursday’s COVID-19 Task Force daily briefing.
LBJ...