APIA, 02 NOVEMBER 2019 (SAMOA OBSERVER) — As the measles epidemic claims 48 lives and infects over 3500, the world’s attention is on the heart of the Pacific in Samoa. While measles has broken out across the world, nowhere has it claimed as many lives relative to Samoa, raising the urgent question of why. Here […]
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People & Government of Samoa: The Federated States of Micronesia Extends its Love, Sympathies, Prayers, & Solidarity in Your Time of Crisis
WENO, Chuuk—Following a joint leadership discussion between His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Honorable Wesley W. Simina, Speaker of the 21st FSM Congress, et al., on November 30th, 2019, the 21st Congress of the FSM passed on 2nd reading Congressional Bill 21-107, which authorizes $100,000 (one hundred thousand […]
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An Australian doctor in Samoa has labelled the measles outbreak an ‘extraordinary crisis’
APIA, 28 NOVEMBER 2019 (SBS) — The leader of Australia’s emergency medical response team in Samoa has labelled the measles outbreak as an “extraordinary crisis” as the Pacific Island nation grapples with 249 new recorded cases in the last 24 hours alone. Fiji and Tonga have also been hit by the outbreak, believed to have […]
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Samoa measles epidemic: Death toll reaches 39
APIA,28 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC)—There’s been another six deaths in Samoa’s measles epidemic, bringing the toll to 39. All but four of the deaths are children under the age of four, including the six who died in the past 24 hours. And 190 people with the disease remain in hospital, including 25 critically ill children […]
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Samoa measles epidemic: Death toll reaches 25
APIA, 25 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The death toll from the measles epidemic in Samoa has now reached 25, the country’s top health official has confirmed. Director General of Health Leausa Take Naseri said there were also currently 20 children in critical condition in the intensive care unit. However, 30 children that were in […]
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As child measles deaths mount in Samoa, anti-vax movement being blamed for outbreak
APIA, 15 NOVEMBER 2019 (TVNZ) — Samoan families whose children are seriously ill with measles are turning to alternative means of treatment, and that’s worrying health authorities. There have been eight suspected measles deaths but many more children are in critical condition. The anti-vax movement is being blamed for low immunisation rates in Samoa, and […]