Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta - Samoa measles emergency
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English - December 05, 2019 20:52 - 6 minutes - 6.45 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Measles continues to impact the nations of the Pacific, particularly Samoa where more than 60 people have died. A state of emergency has been declared with mandatory vaccinations and no public gatherings involving children. Koro talks to Lynn Freeman about how the mass vaccination campaign is going.