Samoa declares state of emergency over deadly measles epidemic
At least six deaths have been linked to the outbreak, in a nation where vaccination rates are alarmingly low
Samoa has closed all schools and cracked down on public gatherings as it enters a state of emergency over the deadly measles outbreak spreading across the Pacific islands.
The island state of just 200,000, halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, announced the state of emergency on Saturday after declaring a measles epidemic late in October, when the first deaths were reported.