2022 in Samoa

Samoa-related events during 2022

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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]

^ "Samoa announces lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm on Monday". RNZ. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Samoan island gets first covid case". RNZ. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Samoa to end covid state of emergency ahead of reopening". RNZ. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Samoan Parliament re-elects Head of State". RNZ. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Former M.P. Vaai Papu Vaai passes on". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Va'aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52". the Guardian. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ Tafeaga, Ganasavea Manuia (25 March 2022). "Associate Minister Vaele Paiaaua Iona Sekuini Passes Away aged 57". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ AFP. "Samoan rugby player dies after jump from bridge". Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Former Cabinet Minister passes away". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 8 September 2022.