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[Governor's Office announcement]: American Samoa is now under Code Red, the highest level of our COVID-19 response, effective 12:00 AM tomorrow, following confirmation of the territory's first community transmission of COVID-19. All non-essential ASG operations, businesses, and public gatherings will be suspended for one week. Air and sea passenger travel is suspended except for cargo and military vessels. All schools and colleges, including the American Samoa Community College, are directed to suspend in-person operations and move to remote instruction until further notice.
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This was the territory's first confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in early 2020, following the earlier, purely-precautionary ASCC closure of March 2020.
The outbreak was traced to a January 27, 2022 Honolulu flight: 35 passengers and 8 quarantine-facility workers ultimately tested positive, with an infected quarantine worker believed to have spread the virus to seven family members.
Code Red is the highest of American Samoa's three-tier color-coded emergency system and suspends nearly all air and sea passenger travel to the territory, a step below only a full lockdown.