Samoa to stop government agency civil servants in measles vaccination campaign December 3 19:25
In order to stop the spread of measles in the world, Samoa, an island country in the South Pacific where infection is spreading, will suspend government operations except for water and electricity for 5 to 2 days and make civil servants a national vaccination campaign. Announced to hit.
In Samoa, an island country in the South Pacific, the measles epidemic began in October, and approximately 3,900 infections have been reported so far, with 55 infants and other deaths.
For this reason, the government has declared a state of emergency, and since last month it has been running a campaign that requires people to be vaccinated since last month, and 58,000 out of a population of 200,000 have been vaccinated.
However, because the trend has not stopped, the government has announced that it will suspend the operations of government agencies except for water and electricity for five to two days and allow civil servants to participate in national immunization campaigns.
Measles infection is spreading globally, and according to the WHO = World Health Organization, the number of infections in the Western Pacific region is the same as last year's, estimated from seven months from January to July. It is about three times as much as
In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has called attention to Samoa residents and travelers on the website.