By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The Samoa Ministry of Health confirms a total of 5,267 measles cases have been reported to the Disease Surveillance Team, since the outbreak started. There were 57 recorded...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Samoan government announced Saturday that the State of Emergency due to the large measles outbreak has been extended until Sunday, December 29, 2019. The original...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Samoa released the latest numbers on the measles outbreak in the country today. The Ministry of Health confirms a total of 5,080 measles cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Here are the short updates on the measles outbreak in the islands of the Pacific: Samoa The measles outbreak in Samoa has grown to 4,898 cases since the outbreak...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the measles outbreak on Tonga, the number of measles cases in the outbreak has risen to 485 confirmed or suspected cases as of Dec. 9. No deaths...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The measles outbreak in Samoa continues with an additional 112 cases reported in the past 24 hours. The outbreak total has reached 4,693 since September, or slightly more than...

A team of medical experts from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer is preparing for an emergency deployment to the Pacific island nation of Samoa following an urgent request from the World Health...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Samoa health officials are reporting in a measles update that the there has been 4,460 measles cases  reported to the Disease Surveillance Team, since the outbreak...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In an update on the Samoa measles outbreak, the Ministry of Health confirmed an additional 165 cases and two deaths in the past 24 hours. This brings the outbreak...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Samoan officials, in an update today, shows that the measles epidemic has crossed the 4,000 case mark since it began in early September. With an additional 171 measles...