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Samoa: state of emergency lifted after Measles outbreak

29/12/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Samoa: state of emergency lifted after Measles outbreak

Samoan government declares Measles outbreak over, lifts state of emergency

Also on the programme: Doctors in the Syrian province of Idlib say their hospitals are full and they lack the resources they need to cope with close to a quarter-of-a-million people who've been displaced by the latest fighting. 

And: after a long grassroots campaign, this year some major arts institutions in the US and UK announced they would no longer accept donations from the Sackler family over its alleged role in the US opioid crisis.

(Photo:  A nurse vaccinates a man in rural Samoa during the measles outbreak in November. Credit:  UNICEF)

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