American Samoa

American Samoa's Covid-19 State of Emergency has been extended until 1June.

Police in American Samoa have arrested four men who are part of an alleged copper wire theft ring, in which the local power authority, gave an estimated loss of more than $US7,000.

The names of 2,000 people in American Samoa were purged from the list of registered voters after the last elections in 2016 because they had not cast ballots in two consecutive polls.

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.