Samoan authorities will shut down the country's government while in a state of emergency as the measles death toll reaches 53. 9News
The Samoan Government will shut down from Thursday in an effort to halt the growing measles epidemic.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pre-empted a growing death toll, listing a 54-strong Kiwi medical contingent on the ground on top of funding and medical supplies her country had delivered."Health authorities do tend to track the curve of infection. They'll be doing that in Samoa and it means sometimes things can be worse before they are better."
Samoa reports that 58,150 immunisations have been delivered since the start of a mass-vaccination campaign a fortnight ago.The outbreak comes after World Health Organisation data shows vaccination rates of children dropped markedly from five years ago.A Stuff report in Samoa states that 19 critically ill children have been admitted to hospital in the past day, along with two pregnant women.
Children are being urged to get vaccinated and to stay home and avoid contact with other children as authorities do their best to limit the disease's deadly spread.
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