Samoa PM orders ‘door-to-door’ vax campaign to stop spread of measles

Country shut down for compulsory vaccinations as death toll rises to 60
Australian Associated Press
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A health official prepares a measles vaccination in Samoa.

Samoan families have been asked to stay home and hang red flags outside their homes if they need vaccinations in a last-gasp effort to inoculate the country in the wake of a measles outbreak.

Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has effectively shut down the country for two days, ordering a “door-to-door mass vaccination campaign”.