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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Task Force chair, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale provided a brief summary — including costs — of the 2021 COVID-19 travel operations during this past Monday’s regular meeting, where it was also mentioned that the $100 vaccination incentive ends this week.
“About...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 2,000 children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old, were vaccinated for COVID-19 between Dec. 1st and 3rd, according to the latest Health Department data, which was also part of the DoH presentation during a meeting this week with parents from the Western...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG will once again offer a $100 incentive for first and second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine during the mass vaccination drive scheduled for first-three Wednesdays of December, according to a COVID-19 Task Force news release following Monday’s weekly task force meeting...
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...



![This Health Department photo posted on its Facebook page shows Health director, Motusa Tuileama Nua (far left - front) and other DoH staff during a briefing early this week with village mayors from Faganeanea to Aoloau in preparation for the COVID-19 mass vaccination drive set for the first-three Wednesdays in December. [photo: DoH Facebook] Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua with village mayors](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_n_village_mayors.jpg?itok=JVCGX4av)
![Samoa's government ordered a two-day lockdown in September this year to roll out a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive. [photo: RNZ Pacific/Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia] Women receiving vaccine in her arm](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mass_vax_in_samoa.jpg?itok=wfRSq_cD)