measles outbreak
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Community vaccination sites scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday have been postponed until Friday, while we await the arrival of more MMR vaccines on Thursday's flight, according to the Dept. of Health.
Tafuna & Fagaalu Health Centers will remain open to serve the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called for the Heath Department to have DoH medical personnel stationed at schools to administer the required MMR to students — who have not gotten their shots — when schools re-open early next month after being closed due to the measles...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Effective Immediately” the “restriction on public gathering is... lifted,” according to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s Dec. 16th proclamation that amends certain provisions of his Dec. 8th emergency declaration, which prohibits public gatherings including bingo games, due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has recorded another laboratory confirmed measles case, an 8-year-old, bringing the total number to 10 cases for American Samoa; and, last Saturday, mass vaccination at two sites including one at the StarKist Samoa cannery plant began.
DoH officials...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new measles case has been reported in American Samoa — an 8-year-old child who is believed to have contracted the virus locally.
Department of Health Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa said they are still investigating how the child contracted the measles virus.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has moved to early next week, the start of the measles mass vaccination in American Samoa. Meanwhile the Samoa government-owned MV Lady Naomi will not carry passengers on the inter-Samoa sail after ASG placed more restrictions on travel between the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration is taking the lead, working with three other ASG departments, in patrolling the 50-mile zonewithin territorial waters, to prevent unauthorized vessels from entering the territory during the emergency declaration due to the measles outbreak.
“All...
![[l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_officials_3710_0.jpg?itok=-c7soNrO "Health Department senior officials [l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono after the department’s measles presentation update during the Dec. 2nd cabinet meeting, where health officials declared that the best protection against measles is immunization. Over the weekend, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga made a “Declaration of Continued Public Health Emergency” [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the emergency cabinet meeting Sunday, there were a few issues relating to actions taken by ASG during the governor’s emergency declaration due to the measles outbreak, which was first declared last Friday.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Visitations at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) are “suspended until further notice” due to American Samoa being under an emergency declaration because of the measles outbreak, said Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson at last Sunday’s emergency cabinet...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With public gatherings banned until further notice due to the measles outbreak in American Samoa, Gov. Lolo Matalsi Moliga requested that ASCC postpone its winter graduation set for Dec. 13th.
Lolo made the direct-verbal request to ASCC president Dr. Rosevonne Pato at...