In American Samoa, close to 24,000 Covid-19 vaccination shots have been administered to date in the territory.
This is about 42 percent of the eligible population according to the Department of Health s Aifili Dr John Tufa.
The latest vaccination site, which opened Monday at the Lee Auditorium, administered about 500 shots on the first day.
Waiting time for getting to the vaccination has been reduced from 3 minutes on the first day, to 2 minutes according to Dr Tufa who timed the process.
Epidemiologist Aifili Dr John Tufa
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This does not include the injection time and the 15 minutes to monitor the person for any adverse reaction.