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Samoa lifts state of emergency over measles epidemic
Samoa has lifted a six-week state of emergency, which was put in place amid a measles epidemic that killed 81 people and infected more than 5,600.
Just 200,000 people live on the South Pacific island nation, and vaccination rates are far lower than in neighbouring countries.
- BBC news
Most of those killed in the outbreak were babies and young children.
Infection rates slowed earlier this month after a …