Gabor Kelen, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Emergency Medicine, told The Washington Post it was surprising that American Samoa was able to evade the coronavirus as long as it did. The “covid zero” approach, in which countries such as Australia mandated lockdowns, hotel quarantines and other measures to stamp out transmission, probably is not possible in the long term, he said.

Source: Washington Post September 19, 2021 23:10 UTC