6 Dec 2019

Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta - Samoa measles emergency

From Nine To Noon, 9:52 am on 6 December 2019
UNICEF has delivered tents, which will be used as vaccination sites or isolation wards for patients with measles in Samoa.

UNICEF has delivered tents, which will be used as vaccination sites or isolation wards for patients with measles in Samoa. Photo: UNICEF

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.