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Samoa goes door-to-door to fight measles, combat anti-vaccination messages

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The epidemic has infected more than 4,200 and killed over 60 people, mostly babies and young children.

Samoa closed all non-essential public and private services on Thursday to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and young children, in a medical task complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination movement.

“Families are getting conflicting messages and it’s hard for them to then know what is the best thing for their child,” said Cate Heinrich, a Pacific spokeswoman at UN agency Unicef. The virus got a foothold in Samoa last month after devastating communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Ukraine, among others.The devastating appearance of measles in Samoa has triggered conflicting advice on social media, especially on Facebook, which is a hugely popular platform in the Pacific.

“There are some people who can never be vaccinated because they might have allergies or they have serious immune problems and that’s why the rest of us need to share the responsibility to protect those who can’t,” Kidd said.

 

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