Seventh Amended Declaration
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended for 31-days his coronavirus emergency declaration, through the Seventh Amended Declaration, effective Aug. 1st to Aug. 31, as American Samoa — without a confirmed case — continues under the “Code Blue” threat-level.
The amended...

![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga reiterated what he has stated in previous declarations, “We still have not gained the comprehensive ability to effectively combat the COVID-19 pandemic given the limited number of test kits at our disposal to test first responders, symptomatic individuals, vulnerable population and asymptomatic carriers of the disease which perpetuates our vulnerability to an outbreak.” [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov._lolo-headshot_53.jpg?itok=TSA6-DTx)