Our First False Positive COVID-Test
At a press conference at 8 last night Department of Health officials assured the public that the territory remains free of the deadly coronavirus after a near scare yesterday. Director of Health ...Read more
At a press conference at 8 last night Department of Health officials assured the public that the territory remains free of the deadly coronavirus after a near scare yesterday. Director of Health ...Read more
American Samoa is still COVID-19 free but there was a close call. This morning a purse seine the Rosita C which traveled from Ecuador got approval from the Department of Health Command Post to come ...Read more
A United States Coast Guard C130 aircraft has been flying in and out of Pago Pago international Airport for the last few days. It arrived Sunday and is part of a Coast Guard enforcement mission in ...Read more
The only fishing vessels whose crew are allowed to come on shore when they return from fishing trips are locally owned longliners. Director of Health Motusa Tuileama Nua says these fishing boats do ...Read more
The Veterinarian Clinic at the Department of Agriculture remains open thanks to the generosity of individuals and organizations who’ve donated supplies to help Tanya Tarasawa and her volunteer ...Read more
About eight local residents, Samoan citizens, traveled on Samoa Airways to Apia earlier week to obtain visas from the US Embassy in Apia, in order to travel on Monday’s medical flight to ...Read more
Senate President Gaoteote Palaie Tofau was admitted to the LBJ Hospital yesterday afternoon. KHJ News received confirmation that the Senate leader was taken by ambulance to the hospital around 1 ...Read more
A celebration to mark the one year anniversary of the Rheumatic Heart Disease Clinic at the Department of Health was held at the Tafuna Community Health Center today. American Samoa has one of the ...Read more
The Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture have agreed to co-share the cost of hiring a US certified veterinarian. According to testimony by Health Director Motusa Tuileama Nua at a ...Read more
After hearing from the Chief Medical Officer at LBJ Hospital and Coronavirus Task Force member Dr Iotamo Saleapaga that there are no plans at this stage for repatriation flights, the House of ...Read more