The way it works now, when it's 8 a.m. Sunday in Samoa, it's 8 a.m. Monday in neighboring Tonga ... Because the international dateline allows countries to make their own decision as to what ...

Neighboring countries Fiji, Tonga and American Samoa have all seen measles outbreaks in recent months, however no one has died from the disease. The immunization rate in those countries are much ...

This week, in response to requests for help from individual countries and United Nations groups, additional CDC teams are flying to Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa, where there are ongoing ...

Samoa and several neighbouring Pacific island nations have ... But the more transmissible Omicron variant has made it more difficult for countries to avoid cases. Since the start of the year ...

Over the years, many countries have ignored this international ... Swapping sides of the dateline is not a first for Samoa. It, and neighbouring American Samoa, lay west of the dateline until ...