As the death toll from measles rises to 53 in Samoa, the Samoa government is shutting down its offices on Thursday and Friday to support the mass vaccination programme across the country.
In Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand and parts of Australia there are also measles outbreaks, and Karyn speaks with the World Health Organisation's Medical Officer for the western Pacific, Dr Jose Hagan, about how each country's measles outbreak has its own circumstances to navigate.
Jose Hagan is the Medical Officer for the World Health Organisation's Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Photo: supplied
