COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Samoa |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 18 November 2020[1] (3 years, 6 months and 3 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 17,057[2] |
Recovered | 16,481 [3] |
Deaths | 31[2] |
Government website | |
Samoan Health Ministry's COVID-19 webpage |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Samoa on 18 November 2020.[1] The country reported its second case on 27 November.[4]
In January 2022, Samoa reported several cases in managed isolation among passengers from an Australian repatriation flight, reaching a total of 26 cases by 25 January.[5][6] In response, the Samoan Government imposed a nationwide lockdown, which was subsequently extended on 25 January 2022.[7]
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