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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department is reminding that all students returning to schools this week must be fully vaccinated (COVID and routine vaccinations). The Fagaalu, Leone and Tafuna Health Centers will be open daily for routine vaccinations.
This comes after many parents have...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the numbers of confirmed COVID cases in the community continue to climb each and everyday, two sides of the issue to vaccinate or not continues to echo through the community.
Leading the call to vaccinate and get boosted to protect themselves from serious illness...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of 8p.m. Tuesday, March 1, the territory’s cumulative total of positive COVID-19 cases had reached 94, as the Health Department awaits a new shipment of vaccine for adults due to arrive this coming Saturday, Mar. 5, according to the DoH report released Monday night....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread on Tutuila island, reaching as far as Fagasa and Vatia — to the East Side, according to the Health Department’s report at 8p.m. on Feb. 25 and released late last night.
DoH reports that on Friday, Feb. 25, a total of 563 tests were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advisory issued late last night, the Health Department announced that on Wednesday, Feb. 23, eleven cases of COVID-19 were identified at the Tafuna Health Center and LBJ Medical Center.
Nine of the 11 cases were fully vaccinated, according to the advisory, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At this week’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting the Medicaid director announced that starting with the January 27 flight, all non-residents wishing to travel to American Samoa will NOT be eligible for Medicaid services while the HR director confirms that more than half of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A one time “hero pay” bonus is in the works for COVID-19 Task Force members and key support staff for the work they have accomplished over the past year.
In a Task Force press release issued yesterday, Lt Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale — who is also the Task Force chair...
O saunoaga na lafoina e le Kovana Lutena, ile Susuga ia Talauega Ale ile fonotaga pei ona ripotia mai ile Talanei News ia Tesema 3, 2021 e fa'apea..."But if you choose to work for the American Samoa Government, then you will have to follow the rules. Working for the American Samoa Government is not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reaching a 90% or over COVID-19 vaccination rate for the territory’s eligible population is important in order to help protect American Samoa if the deadly virus spreads within the community as commercial flights from Honolulu continue to identify new positive cases,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a shipment of COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old now on island, the Health Department (DoH) is launching this week for two-days a week, vaccination for this age group, as the government pushes a for vaccination rate of 90% or higher for the...