Samoa's Prime Minister has announced a government shutdown in response to the measles epidemic that has claimed the lives of 53 people in the Pacific island nation.
Samoa's PM has warned people to avoid alternative medicinesPrime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi announced during a press conference that all branches of government, except the nation's water authority and electric power corporation, would be closed on Thursday and Friday.
The two-day shutdown will see government workers recruited to help carry out a mass vaccination campaign."Let us work together to encourage and convince those who do not believe that vaccinations are the only answer to the epidemic," Mr Malielegaoi said.
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