A measles outbreak in Samoa has left more than 50 people dead, most of them children. The government has banned children from public gatherings and mandated that all 200,000 people living on the South Pacific island get vaccinated.
FILE - In this file image made from Nov. 25, 2019, file video, a New Zealand health official prepares a measles vaccination at a clinic in Apia, Samoa. A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 50 babies and young children as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population of the South Pacific nation.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa’s government said Monday that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than 50 as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population. In all, 53 people have died in the outbreak since late October, including one adult and two older teenagers. Most of those who have died have been babies and young infants, including 23 children aged less than 1 and 25 children aged between 1 and 4.
Ardern said the natural curve of infection rates meant that “sometimes things can be worse before they are better.”
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