Samoa measles crisis: 100 new cases as anti-vaccination activist charged

Nation lifts two-day curfew amid rise in mandatory vaccinations and arrest of ‘anti-vaxxer’

Samoa has said nearly 90% of eligible people have been vaccinated against measles as it lifted a two-day curfew imposed amid an outbreak that has killed 65 in recent weeks.

There were, however, 103 new cases of measles reported since Friday, Samoa’s health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

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