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Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Ministry of Health says there have been no new fatalities due to measles in the past 24 hours. The death toll since the outbreak began in October was 81, the ministry said, with the two most recent deaths officially reported on Christmas and Boxing Day. A total of 5634...
Nurse April Wilson (L) and team leader Luisa Popo preparing vaccinations
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed another death in the measles epidemic sweeping the country. The Ministry said the death of a child under five years old recorded in the last 24 hours ending Thursday (Samoa time) takes the death toll to 81. It said there are currently 43...
Measles posters on display in Samoa.
Apia, SAMOA — An 80th person is confirmed to have died in the last 24 hours in the measles epidemic sweeping Samoa. According to the government's emergency operation centre, there have been 5600 cases reported since the outbreak in the island nation, which has a population under 200,000. The latest...
Kerisimasi Teo
Apia, SAMOA — When mortuary assistant and heath porter, Kerisimasi Teo, started at his new job at the TTM Hospital in Samoa 4 months ago, he never imagined having to deal with the tragedy of children dying every day. He was slowly settling into his new job when the measles epidemic struck. Instead...
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Apia, SAMOA — There have been no deaths from Samoa's measles epidemic in the past three days - with the toll standing at 79. Samoa's Ministry of Health said there had been another 28 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number to 5580. Sixty-four people remain in hospital,...
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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, has urged parents not to hide their children from vaccinators or refuse to have them vaccinated. That comes after the death of a baby from Moto'otua, who had allegedly been hidden during the recent door-to-door vaccination campaign...
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Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is reporting no new deaths from the measles epidemic in the 24 hours ending Sunday (Samoa time). MEASLES UPDATE The Ministry of Health confirms a total of 5,520 measles cases have been reported to the Disease Surveillance Team, since the outbreak started. There...
 Nurse April Wilson (L) and team leader Luisa Popo preparing vaccinations
Apia, SAMOA — Another baby has died in Samoa from measles as the epidemic claims its 79th life. The infant was younger than 12 months and died in the past day according to Samoa's Ministry of Health. A further 31 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours which continues a slowing in the number of...
Samoa’s Supreme Court building
Apia, SAMOA — A former board chair of the National Bank of Samoa has been convicted of indecent assault. Peter Arthur Meredith, who is a prominent businessman, was found to have indecently assaulted a woman who is a manager of a tourist resort. The incident took place in July at a house rented by...
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Apia, SAMOA — Another child has died from the measles epidemic in Samoa, bringing the death toll to 78. Samoa's Ministry of Health said a child under the age of five had died in the past day. There have been another 39 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours (ending Friday Samoa time), taking the...

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