2022 in Samoa
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
- 22 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight.[1]
- 22 April – Samoa reports five community spread COVID-19 cases on Manono Island, which had been free of the virus until now.[2]
- 27 July – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years.[3]
- 23 August – Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state.[4]
Deaths
- January 17 – Va'ai Papu Vailupe, 77, politician[5]
- February 24 – Va'aiga Tuigamala, 52, rugby player[6]
- March 25 – Va'ele Pa'ia'aua Iona Sekuini, 58, politician[7]
- May 6 – Kelly Meafua, 31, politician[8]
- August 2 – Jack Netzler, 82, politician[9]
References
- "Samoa announces lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm on Monday". RNZ. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Samoan island gets first covid case". RNZ. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Samoa to end covid state of emergency ahead of reopening". RNZ. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Samoan Parliament re-elects Head of State". RNZ. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Former M.P. Vaai Papu Vaai passes on". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Va'aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52". the Guardian. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- Tafeaga, Ganasavea Manuia (2022-03-25). "Associate Minister Vaele Paiaaua Iona Sekuini Passes Away aged 57". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- AFP. "Samoan rugby player dies after jump from bridge". Sport. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- "Former Cabinet Minister passes away". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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