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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Emergency Declaration dated Apr. 24 and publicly released after 6p.m. Monday, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga declared that a public health emergency exists in American Samoa for “measles” — as the number of probable cases of measles increases to 31, while American Samoa...
![[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.jpg?itok=4VPvaRWD "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 — “Effective Immediately” — all entry permits and entry permit waivers for those traveling through Samoa and Tonga “are suspended until further notice,” according to provisions of Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s “Declaration of Continued Public Health Emergency” which also...