Measles

WORLD NEWS

Samoa shuts down as authorities battle deadly measles outbreak

Digital Desk - Dec 5, 2019

Samoa has begun a two-day shutdown as the government tries to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people. The government told most public and...

UK NEWS

Death toll passes 50 from Samoan measles epidemic

Digital Desk - Dec 2, 2019

Samoa’s government said on Monday another five children had died from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than...

EUROPE

Seventeen die in measles outbreak in Romania

Digital Desk - Mar 10, 2017

Seventeen people have died from measles in Romania in an outbreak affecting thousands, the country's health minister said on Friday. Florian Bodog said that around...