Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 22 oct 2019
- Tipo
- Epidemia
- Coordenadas
- 13.74° S, 172.22° W
- Description
- measles epidemic in Samoa in late 2019
- Deaths
- 63
Situado en el país: la fuente no indica un lugar más preciso.
2019 Samoa measles outbreak
Measles epidemic in Samoa in late 2019
The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. By 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, an infection rate of more than 2.5%. The cause of the outbreak was decreased vaccination rates among newborns, from 74% in 2017 to 31–34% in 2018. Nearby islands had rates near 99%.
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