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Cabinet overlooked urgent measles warning

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By Sapeer Mayron 27 February 2021, 9:00PM

Cabinet received but failed to act on a report recommending an urgent mass measles vaccination months before a fatal outbreak of the disease claimed 83 lives, the Samoa Observer has learned.

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By Sapeer Mayron 27 February 2021, 9:00PM

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