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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 ...
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited in June 2019, Samoa was on the brink of crisis. The government had suspended measles vaccinations the year before after an improperly prepared vaccine killed two ...
The outbreak has been attributed to a sharp drop in measles vaccination from the previous year. In 2013, 90% of babies in Samoa received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination at one year of age. [32] On 6 July 2018 on the east coast of Savaiʻi, two 12-month-old children died after receiving MMR vaccinations. [33]
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.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary, rejecting his claim that some who died in the country's 2019 measles epidemic didn't have the disease.
Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About ...
There were large or disruptive outbreaks in 37 countries last year, the majority in Africa, compared to 22 in 2021. ... There was a “staggering” annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022 ...
Death from measles was reported in approximately 0.2% of the cases in the United States from 1985 through 1992. [8] In populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate healthcare, mortality can be as high as 10%. [9] Increased immunization has led to an estimated 78% drop in measles deaths among UN member states. [10] [11]