6 Dec 2019

Samoa Measles Update

From Lately, 10:20 pm on 6 December 2019

In Samoa two days of national shutdown have ended and vaccination vans are returning to Apia from remote villages throughout the country.
 
Almost everyone has been staying at home under government emergency orders, with the very sick have been staying in hospital.

Independent Samoan journalist Ili'ili Lagipoiva Cherelle-Jackson speaks with Karyn Hay from Apia.

A nurse administers a shot during the mass vaccination campaign

A nurse administers a shot during the mass vaccination campaign Photo: Samoa Govt / Logan Church