At least 55 people have died from the outbreak in the South Pacific island nation, 50 of whom were younger than age 4. How Samoa has recorded NO Covid-19 cases with the help of a beauty queen who assisted in the Pacific Island's fight against an unprecedented measles outbreak. Samoa announced it would shut down its government for two days so that public officials can combat a dangerous measles outbreak that has killed 53 people and infected 3,728. Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help the authorities step up efforts to eradicate the preventable disease. Samoa's deadly measles crisis is in part blamed on people spreading false information online. In a bulletin on Wednesday, Samoa’s Ministry of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet reported that, in addition to 60 measles-related deaths, more than 4,000 cases of the disease have been notified.
A mass immunisation drive has increased vaccine coverage to 90 percent from 30 percent when the epidemic began. Samoa measles epidemic death toll reaches 70.
Samoa Lifts State of Emergency After Deadly Measles Epidemic The Pacific island nation will reopen schools after a measles outbreak killed 81 people, many of them children.