2019 Samoa measles outbreak

2019 Samoa measles outbreak
2019 Samoa measles outbreak
Disease	Measles
Virus strain	D8 strain (genotype) of measles virus
Index case	30 September 2019
Dates	30 September 2019 –; 22 December 2019
Confirmed cases	5,707
Deaths	83
Government website
	http://www.samoagovt.ws/

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 near 99%.

A state of emergency was declared on 17 November, closing all schools, keeping children under 17 away from public events, and mandatory vaccination. On 2 December, the government imposed a curfew and cancelled all Christmas celebrations and public gatherings. Families seeking MMR vaccination were asked by the government to display a red cloth in front of their homes to alert mobile medical teams traveling the island during the lockdown.^[8] Some added messages like "Help!" or "I want to live!"^[9] On 5 and 6 December, the government shut down everything to repost civil servants to the vaccination campaign. This curfew was lifted on 7 December when the government estimated that the vaccination program had reached 90% of the population. On 14 December, the state of emergency was extended to 29 December.^[10] Samoan anti-vaccination activist Edwin Tamasese was arrested and charged with "incitement against a government order". As of 22 December 2019, an estimated 94% of the eligible population had been vaccinated.^[7]

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2019 Samoa measles outbreak

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