Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Director Nikolao Pula now says repatriation of hundreds of American Samoans stranded in the states could start even before a December ban on flights expires. KHJ Washington corr. Matt Kaye reports.
Pula held a ‘zoom’ call last week with American Samoa’s Covid Task Force and the Alliance to repatriate American Samoans stranded in the states…
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Pula is now hopeful based on a new level of understanding helped by his urging of less “finger pointing,” and the Director of Health’s updated repatriation plan, that relief could be coming sooner than expected—
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Pula says such a sign-off by Governor Lolo on earlier repatriation with a standard -pre-flight quarantine in Hawaii, is entirely possible–
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Pula has strong confidence in the repatriation plan. He says except for a few “gaps,” it’s almost ready.
