Agent refused entry

PAGO PAGO - It’s been revealed a US federal agent was refused entry to American Samoa last week because she did not have two negative test results for COVID-19. The agent from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, was flown home last Friday, the day she arrived.

LBJ Hospital chief executive Faumuina John Faumuina; Department of Health director, Motusa Tuileama Nua; and epidemiologist Aifili Dr John Tufa, were questioned by the House of Representatives’ Health Committee, concerning the handling of the case and other issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.