President Tommy Remengesau Jr. is expected to release an Executive Order today stopping from flights from People’s Republic of China and temporarily suspending flights from Macau and Hong Kong to Palau in response to the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus (2019 Novel coronavirus or nCoV) cases in the People’s Republic of China. Yesterday, after the […]
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Free health screening in commemoration of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Free health screenings to check an individual’s blood sugar, blood pressure, and body mass index were provided at the Top Side Health Resource Center on Friday January 24th in commemoration of cervical cancer awareness month. Information was made available at the Health Resource Center for any individual that wishes to educate him or herself on […]
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Palau gears up response to coronavirus
Palau is gearing up response for the pneumonia-like virus that was first reported in Wuhan, China, with the Ministry of Health and border control agencies announcing that it will start screening all arriving flights for symptomatic passengers who have travel history through the outbreak affected areas, In a press statement, the Ministry of Health said although there […]
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China counts sharp rise in coronavirus cases, 2 in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — China reported Monday a sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new coronavirus, including the first cases in the capital. The outbreak coincides with the country’s busiest travel period, as millions board trains and planes for the Lunar New Year holidays. Health authorities in the central city of Wuhan, […]
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Joint WHO-UNICEF statement on Pacific measles situationEffective outbreak response reduces the risk of measles spread in the Pacific
20 January 2020, Suva, Fiji- In 2019, the Pacific saw the re-emergence of measles, with outbreaks declared in Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa, and cases reported in Kiribati. For Samoa, the country experienced a wide scale measles outbreak which had significant impact upon the country’s population and health system. The disease has cost lives, […]
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Polynesian Leaders Group to meet in April
American Samoa’s Governor Lolo Moliga has informed leader of the Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) that due to the measles outbreak in the Pacific, it’s prudent to postpone the PLG meeting that American Samoa was to host this month. The governor wrote in a letter dates 19 December, 2019 lthat “there is great sensitivity that this […]