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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement yesterday, the Health Department reminds the public that all 159 passengers on the first repatriation flight from the US, which arrived yesterday afternoon at Pago Pago International Airport tested negative three-times for COVID-19.
The reminder comes amid...
Passengers on the first repatriation flight to American Samoa are seen in this photo at the Tradewinds Hotel. Masks and protective gloves are part of their arrival protocol. They came directly from the airport via buses to the hotel where they then went through Immigration and Customs, before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua assured representatives during his confirmation hearing last Thursday that all passengers on the repatriation flight arriving from Hawaii later this afternoon have completed their testing and are safe to enter the territory. All of...
Honolulu, HAWAII — After their last test results came in yesterday — ALL NEGATIVE — the American Samoa residents quarantined in Honolulu, Hawaii are now all eager and excited for the weekend to be over, so they can finally board the Hawaiian Airlines flight and be on their way home — to be with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost-share is set at $679 one-way for non medical patients on the Medicaid charter for Feb. 1st, which is the return flight of the first repatriation flight from the US with just over 150 local residents who have been stranded off island, and the incoming travelers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives is calling out to the American Samoa Government COVID-19 Task Force to hold another island wide exercise to test the territory’s readiness for the repatriation flight next week, Monday, Feb. 1st. Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui Jr made this request...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 5 people who reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 at the American Samoa Government Quarantine facility in Honolulu and were moved to the Hawaii Quarantine Center may be put back into the ASG Quarantine if their ‘retest’ proves the original tests were false...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department’s acting director Motusa Tuileama Nua told senators yesterday that the first repatriation flight bringing more than 100 residents has been moved to Feb. 1st, from the original date of Jan. 29th.
Motusa made the revelation when he appeared yesterday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five people out of the 166 passengers screened for the 10-day quarantine in Honolulu, Hawai’i before catching the first scheduled repatriation flight to American Samoa tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday.
These five people are now under special care quarantine...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 10-day quarantine in Hawaii is set to begin next week Monday, for the 160 American Samoa residents selected for the first repatriation flight from the U.S. set for Jan. 29th, and ASG is covering the costs of the operation, including the charter flight on Hawaiian...

![(SA) 2086.jpg Family and friends were able to greet from afar the 159 repatriated passengers off of the first flight to the Territory from the U.S. Passengers still have to go through at 14-day quarantine, including tests for COVID-19 before being able to ‘go home’. [Courtesy photo] Young boy holding welcome banner](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/greeting_repatriation_flight_2086.jpg?itok=m667I3Rc)

![Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua appeared before the House Health Committee last week for his confirmation hearing. [photo by AF] Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/motusa_0345.jpg?itok=j0RVCqsc)
![Volunteers packaging up food and supplies for stranded residents. [courtesy photo] Volunteers packaging up food and supplies for stranded residents.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/first_group_ready_to_fly_home_photo.jpg?itok=Cxg1c-D4)

![Representatives during yesterday’s hearing. [photo by AF] 3 Representatives during yesterday’s hearing](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/house_0525.jpg?itok=zk7dndWf)
![The White Sands Hotel in Waikiki where the American Samoa residents are being housed during quarantine. [screenshot from HNN video] White Sands Hotel](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/white_sands_hotel.jpg?itok=-885gZTD)
![Health Department acting director Motusa Tuileama Nua shakes hands with senators after his confirmation hearing yesterday morning. He was later confirmed by the Senate while the House hearing and vote is pending. [photo: FS] Motusa Tuileama Nua shakes hands with a senator](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_director_0.jpg?itok=7TWTSYjG)
![Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga addressing the territory during a press conference at the Governor’s Office conference room. Lemanu’s speech was recorded before it was aired by local television KVZK-TV last night. [photo by AF] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_lemanu_0493.jpg?itok=tUYpchtz)
![[l-r] Health Department deputy director, Fara Utu, DoH Clinical director Dr. Saipale Fuimaono, acting Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga T. Asuega, LBJ hospital chief executive officer Faumuina John Faumuina, and DoH Senior Epidemiologist, Dr. Aifili John Tufa appeared yesterday before a Senate committee to answer questions on the planned repatriation flight from the U.S. on Jan. 29th. [photo: FS] Health Department deputy director, Fara Utu, DoH Clinical director Dr. Saipale Fuimaono, acting Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga T. Asuega, LBJ hospital chief executive officer Faumuina John Faumuina, and DoH Senior Epidemiologist, Dr. Aifili John Tufa](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/health_officials_0.jpg?itok=GHqnPqdQ)