Roughly one in every 70 Samoans has caught measles in a devastating outbreak that has killed dozens of children in the Pacific nation
At least 42 Samoans are dead and 3143 have contracted the preventable disease - about 1.6 per cent of the entire country - in a major health crisis.
The country's immunisation rates for measles have crashed in recent years according to the World Health Organisation, slumping from near herd immunity rates of 90 per cent in 2013 to the critical level today. In a country of just 200,000 people, 1601 children under five have caught measles, putting an intolerable strain on the country's health system.
On Friday, Kiwi Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced a fresh round of support, including 100,000 vaccines and an oxygen production machine to"help meet unprecedented demand".
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