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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Social distancing is required at all times during in-person classes” for schools and colleges in American Samoa, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s new COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, dated July 26 and effective for 30-days, until Aug. 26.
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Pallets of goodies and a whole lot of people without masks crowd inter island dock in Fagatogo Thursday for the MV Lady Naomi sailing to Samoa. This has been the scene since the Samoa vessel was approved last month by the AS COVID task Force to resume sailing and for the first time in months...
Social distancing and wearing masks are clearly observed in this local Education Department photo of Samoana High School students inside a classroom on Monday, when schools reopened.[photo: ASDOE Facebook]
Custom Agents were busy examining people’s packages at the check point in front of the U.S Post Office in Fagatogo last week. In a culture that gathers its strength from community interaction: Social distancing during the pandemic tends to be a problem — but definitely mask wearing is not. [photo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Acting Treasurer Levi Reese, in a brief statement Thursday announced that the third batch of tax refunds — more than $1.1 million — is scheduled for release Friday, Apr. 1.
A total of 267 taxpayers who filed Feb. 2, will be getting their refunds —with 31 individuals...
Plexiglas has been installed to ensure the safety of faipule during sessions and committee hearings. While the Plexiglas does enable social distancing, it seems to have encouraged wearing facial masks as optional, with some faipule seen wearing masks improperly (below the nose and below the chin),...
Friday morning Samoa News spotted a long line in front of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa waiting to enter the bank. Some of them were there to cash their tax refund checks while others were there as part of their normal daily activity. While wearing masks, little social distancing was...
Complying with COVID-19 restrictions, this family wore face masks while waiting to pick up their school lunch food coupons at Samoana High School last week. Of note: If you belong to the same ‘bubble’, i.e. family household, social distancing is not strictly required. [photo: AF]
Social distance and wearing a face mask was strictly adhered to inside the Samoana High School gym on Wednesday during day-one of school lunch food coupons — as shown in this local Education Department photo posted on its Facebook page. In a photo yesterday SN noted that social distancing was not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the top photo as seen in this montage, residents who flocked to tents set up at the Pago Pago DYWA parking lot for COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday at around 8a.m. were seen sitting very closely to one another. The tent seating seems to be set up for this ‘crowding’...