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Pink eye outbreak shuts schools in American Samoa
Posted 24 minutes ago
By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa ? Officials in American Samoa on Friday ordered all public schools in the U.S. island territory closed after nearly 2,300 students and more than 100 teachers contracted pink eye.
The outbreak prompted the closure of 28 schools from preschool through high school, plus special education programs, and they will not reopen until Wednesday. Some private schools were also closed and court cases postponed because of pink eye.
Close to 2,300 students and 130 teachers have pink eye, said Salu Hunkin-Finau, director of the territory's Education Department. About 13,000 kids are enrolled in public schools in American Samoa, a group of islands in the South Pacific about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii...
Pink eye outbreak shuts schools in American Samoa
Posted 24 minutes ago
By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa ? Officials in American Samoa on Friday ordered all public schools in the U.S. island territory closed after nearly 2,300 students and more than 100 teachers contracted pink eye.
The outbreak prompted the closure of 28 schools from preschool through high school, plus special education programs, and they will not reopen until Wednesday. Some private schools were also closed and court cases postponed because of pink eye.
Close to 2,300 students and 130 teachers have pink eye, said Salu Hunkin-Finau, director of the territory's Education Department. About 13,000 kids are enrolled in public schools in American Samoa, a group of islands in the South Pacific about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii...
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