WELLINGTON: Authorities in Samoa asked unvaccinated families to display a red flag outside their homes on Wednesday to help a mass immunisation drive aimed at halting a measles epidemic that has killed dozens of children.
Immunisation is compulsory under a state of emergency imposed last month and officials asked unvaccinated families to identify themselves. Official data released Wednesday put the death toll from the outbreak at 60, up five on the previous day.Infection rates continued to climb, with 171 new cases in 24 hours, bringing the national total to 4,052.
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