Incredibly low vaccination rates in Samoa are fuelling fears of a deadly measles epidemic
Incredibly low vaccination rates in Samoa are fuelling fears of a deadly measles epidemic
31 October 2019
Health officials have closed all the country's pre-schools, after deaths linked to measles - believed to have been brought over from Auckland.
Vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says if New Zealand's played a role in spreading the disease, we should be helping.
She says Samoa's vaccine uptake has been very low, just over 30 percent of the population immunised.
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