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The outbreak is attributed to Samoa's sharp drop in measles vaccination from the previous year. [17] In 2013, 90% of babies in Samoa received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination (MMR) at one year of age. [9] On 6 July 2018, on the east coast of Savaiʻi, two 12-month-old children died after receiving MMR vaccinations. [8]
When two babies died within hours of each other on the Samoan island of Savai’i in July 2018, news spread fast. “Samoa is a small place, so there is no such story that wouldn’t be known in a ...
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]
Sinavaiana-Gabbard moved to Samoa after she retired. [9] She was murdered at the GaluMoana Theater in Vaivase-uta, on 26 May 2024, at the age of 78. [9] [10] Playwright Sia Figiel was charged with her murder. [11] [12] She was the paternal aunt of American politician Tulsi Gabbard and sister to politician Mike Gabbard, a member of the Hawaiian ...
Dustin Hanson died over the weekend after a sand avalanche buried him in a 6-foot hole that he had dug at Samoa Power Pole Beach in northern California on Wednesday, according to a GoFundMe news ...
On 24 November, Samoa extended its quarantine period from 14 to 21 days as a result of a spike in COVID-19 cases in California. [43] On 27 November, Samoa reported its second case in managed isolation, a 70-year-old man who had traveled from Melbourne and Auckland to Apia on the same flight as the first suspected case. [4]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa. 9 April – The 2021 Samoan general election was held. [1] Deaths. Masada Iosefa.
Vaʻele Paʻiaʻaua Iona Sekuini (c.1964 – 25 March 2022) [1] was a Samoan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa.He was a member of the FAST Party.. Va'ele was born in Matavai on the island of Savaiʻi and educated at Safune Primary School, Maluafou College, Le Amosa University and Malua Theological College. [2]