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repatriated residents

TTFAAS members with thank you banner waving to drivers passing by
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local members of the Tagata Tutu Fa’atasi Alliance of American Samoa (TTFAAS) and some of the 159 repatriated passengers, who returned home on the first-repatriation flight say THANK YOU during a wave Friday morning.  “THANK YOU GOV & TF FOR REPATRIATING US,”...
 Tauese Va’a Sunia with tausi Beverly and daughter
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tauese Va’a Sunia with tausi Beverly and daughter — outside of the Tradewinds Hotel — finally able to hug & greet each other after a long journey home for Tauese — A scene repeated throughout the island as the 159 repatriated passengers left quarantine on Monday. A...
An LBJ Medical Center medical team
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The medical team that traveled on Feb. 1 with the first repatriation group now in quarantine at the Tradewinds Hotel is urging members of the community to trust the process the Task Force and all medical experts are utilizing to make sure the Coronavirus will not enter...
Dr. Francine Amoa (far right) with DoH staff,
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccine has arrived on island, the Health Department says that administering the first dose — for those who have not received it — remains on hold until next week. At last Friday’s news conference announcing the update on the 159...
DYWA building where some returning residents are being held in quarantine
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has completed the third and final phase of repatriation flights returning home local residents stranded in Samoa since borders were closed with Samoa in March this year. Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua provided the information during Sunday’s...
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by Samoa News staff In a public notice issued last Thursday afternoon, the local Health Department outlined documents required for clearance for local residents being repatriated from Samoa. And the repatriation is being carried out in three-phases, with the first one last week. The notice, signed...