American Samoa

A team of four from the US Army Medical Service Corps is scheduled to arrive in American Samoa in early May to assist authorities with Covid-19 testing.

Authorities in American Samoa are not planning random Covid-19 testing at this stage, even with shipments of test kits and swabs arriving in the territory.

American Samoan officials have reassured the public that urgent off-island medical treatment is still available through services to New Zealand.

The Director of Homeland Security, Samana Semo Ve'ave'a, has handed in his resignation to Governor Lolo Moliga.

The US State Department is seeking to reverse a federal district court decision granting full citizenship to US nationals born in American Samoa.

The US government has redirected $US1.6 million in funding for emergency repairs to a ferry in American Samoa.

American Samoa has received $US35 million from the United States Treasury to prepare the territory for Covid-19.

Offshore engineers for the Starkist tuna cannery in American Samoa were given special entry permits to the US Territoy despite strict travel restrictions in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The US President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster exists in American Samoa and ordered federal assistance to help efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

American Samoa's governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga is requesting for US President Donald Trump's consideration to declare American Samoa a major health disaster area for the Covid-19 pandemic.

American Samoa has begun conducting its own Covid-19 tests, with its first samples producing negative results.

American Samoa's Governor Lolo Moliga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen are filing an appeal today in federal court in the American Samoa citizenship case.