American Samoa tried submitting samples to the nearest public health lab in Hawaii, some 2,300 miles away, officials said. After the patient didn’t meet that state’s testing criteria, the health dept turned to the CDC in Atlanta, more than 6,500 miles away
and an action plan to combat the pandemic on its shores to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Vice President Mike Pence and other public health and government officials. In his letter, Gov. Lolo Moliga highlighted that the territory would struggle in coping with a highly contagious disease such as the coronavirus.
With a population similar in size to American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands also has a single hospital, with a smaller capacity -- just 86 beds total. While it has no positive cases yet and has only tested four patients, authorities are preparing for what could be a devastating outbreak. Preparing for an emergency, the territory has set up triage tents outside the one hospital and taken precautions such as screening travelers arriving in the islands. But that may not be enough.
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