first death

 Dr Take Naseri and Agafili Shem Leo
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...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a special address delivered late morning on Wednesday in Samoan on KVZK-TV and streamed online, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga shared the sad news of the first COVID-19 related death in American Samoa since the community spread of the deadly virus began on Feb. 21. The...