24 Jan 2020

Samoa's measles crisis wanes, but questions remain unanswered

From , 5:04 am on 24 January 2020

For the first time in months, Samoa's hospitals are empty of measles patients. 

While authorities say it doesn't yet mark the end of an epidemic that infected more than 5000 people and killed 83, most of them children, it is a significant achievement. 

Now, people are starting to demand answers to how things got so bad in the first place. 

Jamie Tahana reports. 

This picture released on December 5 by UNICEF Samoa shows nurse Fa'atafa Tavita (R) speaking with a family at the Apia Town Clinic in Samoa's capital city Apia.

This picture released on December 5 by UNICEF Samoa shows nurse Fa'atafa Tavita (R) speaking with a family at the Apia Town Clinic in Samoa's capital city Apia. Photo: AFP PHOTO / UNICEF / ALLAN STEPHEN

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