first responders
Friday morning Dept. of Health and others gathered with our brothers and sisters from the Police Academy to wave and raise awareness on the importance of our emergency teams/ first responders and the importance of being ready before disaster strikes. Let’s prevent harm, promote safety, and protect...
Friday morning Dept. of Health and others gathered with our brothers and sisters from the Police Academy to wave and raise awareness on the importance of our emergency teams/ first responders and the importance of being ready before disaster strikes. Let’s prevent harm, promote safety, and protect...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa’s outdoor siren warning system not operational, local Homeland Security director Samana Semo Ve’ave’a told Senators that ASDHS already has a plan in place in times of disaster to get the message out to the community — and this includes communication...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — First responders, healthcare workers and critical essential employees last week waited at the DoH Tafuna Community Health Center to get their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
According to DoH once the person gets the shot, he/ she is monitored by a DoH physician any side-effects...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department estimates that close to 1,800 first responders, including healthcare workers will be the first local residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, with the first shipment to arrive this Saturday on the weekly cargo flight.
This is according to health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has expressed his and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s “unfathomable gratitude and heartfelt gratefulness” to all first responders, cabinet members and others for their dedication and hard work during these challenging times — pointing...



![At the Senate hearing last week Homeland Security director Samana Semo Ve’ave’a holds up for visual display the NOAA weather radio, used by ASDHS and other first responders as well as broadcasters to receive an alert signal in times of disaster warnings. [photo: FS] Samana Semo Ve’ave’a holds up for visual display the NOAA weather radio,](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/noaa_radio_img_5873.jpg?itok=4IKgWpVz)
![This Health Department photo last week shows first responders, healthcare workers and critical essential employees last week waiting at the DoH Tafuna Community Health Center to get their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. [photo: DoH] First responders wait to get their vaccines.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/first_responders.jpg?itok=YD6JVf-Q)
![COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force co-chairs — LBJ Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Faumuina John Faumuina (3rd from left) and Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua (4th from left) — along with task force members and medical personnel from both DoH and LBJ after Monday’s news conference on the latest update on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for American Samoa. It was also revealed that another manufacturer has made an allocation for the territory too. [photo: FS] J Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Faumuina John Faumuina (3rd from left) and Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua (4th from left) — along with task force members and medical personnel](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vaccine_taskforce_5296.jpg?itok=9je4cYNf)
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga at a cabinet meeting. [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga at a cabinet meeting.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/govlolo_n_lt_0766.jpg?itok=5VpNrUIU)