Samoa ends measles emergency

By Will Ziebell
Updated December 29 2019 - 12:53pm, first published 12:48pm
A mass immunisation drive in Samoa has brought the country's measles emergency under control.
A mass immunisation drive in Samoa has brought the country's measles emergency under control.

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa has lifted a six week-state of emergency after the infection rate from a measles outbreak that swept the country started to come under control.

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