CDC Awards $400,000 Grant for Zika Monitoring
The US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention / CDC-NCBDDD National Center For Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities has awarded the American Samoa Department of Health $400,000 in ...Read more
The US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention / CDC-NCBDDD National Center For Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities has awarded the American Samoa Department of Health $400,000 in ...Read more
The number of pregnant women confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus has jumped to 12 after holding steady at 6 for several weeks. According to the latest report issued by Department of Health ...Read more
The number of confirmed Zika cases is now 10, up from 8 early last week,. According to a report from Department of Health Epidemiologist Scott Anesi two of the new confirmed cases are pregnant ...Read more
A three-day island wide clean up involving all government departments and agencies is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday and Friday in response to the Zika outbreak. A memo dated February 22 issued ...Read more
American Samoa now has about 205 suspected cases of the Zika virus. Department of Health Epidemiologist Scott Anesi revealed this at a press conference yesterday where Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti ...Read more
Acting Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga has declared an outbreak of the Zika virus in American Samoa. The follows confirmation that four of 25 blood specimens of suspected Zika cases that were sent to ...Read more
Results of blood tests from suspected Zika cases which were sent to Honolulu on Monday for testing should be be known by tomorrow. This is according to Scott Anesi the Department of Health’s ...Read more
The Department of Health hopes to send blood samples of patients suspected of having the Zika virus on tonight’s flight to Honolulu. This would be the first time since patients were diagnosed ...Read more
While the World Health Organization has declared the ZIKA virus to be an international public health emergency, lab tests off island to confirm the presence of the virus have not happened. In the ...Read more
Medical Director of the Department of Health, Tamasoali’i Dr. Joseph Tufa said that all it takes for American Samoa to protect themselves from mosquito borne diseases such as Zika is to keep ...Read more