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The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. [5] As of 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, [4] [6] over three per cent. [7] The cause of the outbreak was decreased vaccination rates among newborns, from 74% in 2017 to 31–34% in 2018. Nearby islands had rates ...
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American Samoa has declared a public health emergency over an outbreak of measles, forcing the territory’s Department of Education to close all schools until at least May 12, sending 12,000 ...
A measles outbreak in Samoa in late 2019 has over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths, out of a Samoan population of 200,000. Over three percent of the population were infected, and a state of emergency was declared from 17 November to 7 December.
The 2019 measles outbreaks refer to a substantial global increase in the number of measles cases reported, relative to 2018. [1] As of April 2019, the number of measles cases reported worldwide represented a 300% increase from the number of cases seen in the previous year, constituting over 110,000 measles cases reported in the first three months of 2019.
Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji have also declared states of emergency. [17] The WHO and UNICEF have developed a toolkit for Pacific island nations following the outbreak to aid in further measles prevention. [16] Tonga closed all schools for several days while American Samoa required all travelers from Tonga and Samoa to present proof of vaccination. [18]
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