Measles -- Samoa
Samoa has issued an immediate recall of the vaccine for mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) following the deaths of 2 infants who reportedly passed away just hours after receiving their shots. The 2 children, a boy and a girl, were both aged about 12 months. They were not related, came from different communities and were vaccinated on [Fri 6 Jul 2018] using the same batch of the MMR vaccine.
Australian forensic experts will fly into the country tonight to help investigate the incident, which
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5901735&promed&0
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