Samoa's Ministry of Health is looking into the death of a two-year-old boy as the number of suspected measles cases in the country climbs.
There are now 513 suspected cases of measles with results still pending from an Australian laboratory regarding the recent deaths of two young babies and an adult male, who showed clinical signs of the disease.
Last year, Samoa suspended its vaccination programme after the deaths of two babies after two nurses gave them incorrectly mixed doses of the MMR vaccine.
The chief executive of the Ministry of Health, Leausa Dr Take Naseri, spoke with Jenny Meyer and began by talking about the impact of the nurses not following established procedures.
A live coldchain vaccine delivery of MMR in Samoa. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Jenny Meyer
