The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. [5] As of 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, [4] [6] over three per cent. [7] The cause of the outbreak was decreased vaccination rates among newborns, from 74% in 2017 to 31–34% in 2018. Nearby islands had rates ...

Dec 2, 2019 · Measles is a highly contagious illness that causes coughing, rashes and fever. Although effective and safe vaccination is available, even some developed countries have seen a...

Jan 24, 2025 · “The measles epidemic occurred and kind of everything shut down in Samoa.” The first case of measles was reported in September 2019, likely brought by a passenger on a flight from Auckland ...

On Oct 16, 2019, the Samoan Ministry of Health declared a measles outbreak, the first Pacific island country to do so in the current global resurgence of measles. 1 As of Jan 22, 2020, 5707 measles cases and 83 measles-related deaths (estimated attack rate of approximately 285 cases per 10 000 population) have been reported. 2 87% of deaths ...

Ivanajatore was one of 5707 people to have measles in the outbreak that struck the tiny Pacific nation of Samoa at the end of 2019. In just three and a half months, 83 died and 1868 were admitted to hospital.

On April 24, 2023, the Ministry of Health of American Samoa reported a measles epidemic after 31 suspected or probable cases and one confirmed case of the illness [1]. An 8-year-old child with illnesses starting on April 18 was the first case of measles, according to health officials.

4 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary, rejecting his claim that some who died in the country’s 2019 measles epidemic didn’t have the disease. “We don’t know what was killing them,” Kennedy said during tense U.S. Senate hearings ...

Dec 10, 2019 · Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help the authorities step up efforts to...

Jan 3, 2020 · As of 30 December, four Pacific Islands Countries and Areas (PICs) have announced measles outbreaks: American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The number of cases is decreasing in Samoa, and the situation has stabilised in American Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga.

As of Dec 28, 2019, the outbreak of measles in Samoa had caused 5667 reported infections and claimed 81 lives since its beginning in early September, 2019, 1 the majority of which were children younger than 4 years.