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COVID-19
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Emergency Operations Center (EOC), made a last minute policy change to the flight operations for today’s inbound Hawaiian Airlines flight announcing there will be no supervised quarantine period for today’s arriving passengers who test negative for COVID.
The new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s fourth COVID-19 related death is a 63-year old female who passed away on Mar. 28, according to LBJ Medical Center’s daily information included in an ASG briefing report, which also shows the number of positive cases as a result of the community spread...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an effort to allow more medical support from American Samoa’s federal partners assisting local teams during the current COVID surge and to provide air transportation for residents, the governor has requested an additional Hawaiian Airlines flight in April.
In a letter...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting Samoa’s first COVID-related death.
An elderly man from the Lalomanu district, with a pre-existing medical condition passed away on Wednesday, the Lalomanu district hospital confirmed to the Samoa Observer.
A senior member of staff at the Lalomanu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Testimony by members of the Board of Directors of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center during a House Health committee hearing this week revealed that the hospital believes it is well prepared to face whatever COVID-19 brings to American Samoa.
Dr. Akapusi Ledua told the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Since the reopening of schools in Manu’a with in-classroom instruction, Education Department deputy director, Dr. Roxanne Salave’a said “student attendance has been very low.”
But school leaders are being advised to contact parents to find out how the local Education...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has recorded its fourth COVID-19 related death, which was reported by LBJ Medical Center on Mar. 28. No other information was provided by territorial authorities about the deceased.
Also on Mar. 28, health officials recorded 326 new COVID-19 positive cases...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has recorded its third COVID-19 related death, on Sunday, while the total cumulative COVID-19 community cases as of Mar. 27 is more than 3,400 and the community surge is expected to peak this week.
Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale announced the third-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has given the green light to a handful of businesses to re-open under the current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration restrictions, after site safety plans was approved by the Health Department, while other businesses have been ordered closed for “non-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the spread of the COVID-19 inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) has been making headlines, a report is now revealing that 4 juveniles confined at the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) tested positive for COVID last Friday.
This was also confirmed to...