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

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”.

All non-essential businesses and government services will close, and transport will be banned.

Public servants have been ordered to work alongside local and foreign health workers to provide vaccinations.