2019 Samoa measles outbreak

Period

October 2019 – January 2020

Map

Epidemics map

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%.

Sources: Wikipedia — 2019 Samoa measles outbreak · CC BY-SA 4.0

Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1840Treaty of Waitangi
2. 1845–1872New Zealand Wars
3. 1942–1943Guadalcanal campaign
4. October 2019 – January 20202019 Samoa measles outbreakThis page

Who ruled this land

This place (sea or a small island) has no state in the historical borders data (Cliopatria).

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