Babies worst affected as Samoa measles deaths rise to 32

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Samoa has declared a state of emergency but overstretched medical services are struggling to contain the measles outbreak.

The death toll from a measles epidemic in Samoa rose to 32 on Tuesday as infection rates continue to soar out of control in the Pacific island nation, official data showed.

Samoa has declared a state of emergency but overstretched medical services are struggling to contain the outbreak, which has been exacerbated by the country's low vaccination rates. A total of 57,000 people in the nation of 200,000 have been vaccinated in recent weeks but Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi said every citizen needed to be vaccinated."We cannot afford to relax our response until everyone is vaccinated."

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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