U.S. domain of American Samoa to start mass measles vaccination this week

Health officials in a U.S. domain of American Samoa contend they will start mass measles vaccinations after this week.

At a assembly Sunday, officials pronounced a vaccinations would be given for 7 days starting Friday. There are 9 reliable cases of measles in a island territory.

American Samoa Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa says 5 of a island’s cases were in people who had been travelling, and a others were locally transmitted.

On Friday, American Samoa strictly announced a measles outbreak, a pierce that sealed open schools Monday and prohibits gatherings in parks.

In a beside eccentric republic of Samoa, some-more than 60 people, mostly children, have died from measles. More than 4,000 were putrescent given a conflict started in mid-October. 

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