"We are closing all of our schools," American Samoa's chief epidemiologist, Scott Anesi, said. "We started the first round of closing the childhood education centres, as well as the child daycare ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles ...

All schools in Samoa have been ordered to close for at least a week as officials race to contain a flu outbreak that has infected hundreds of children. The Government announced that all state ...

All schools in Samoa have been ordered to close for at least a week as officials race to contain a flu outbreak that has infected hundreds of children. The Government announced that all state ...

The outbreak has led the Department of Education in American Samoa, which serves 12,000 students, to close all schools until Friday, May 12. A shot of Measles vaccine STOCK IMAGE/ Roman Didkivskyi ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Officials in American Samoa on Friday ordered all public schools in the U.S. island territory closed after nearly 2,300 students and more than 100 teachers ...

"Current vaccination rates in American Samoa are not sufficient to prevent the spread of the measles virus without further action." As such, all private and public schools in American Samoa ...

Samoa closed all its schools on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak.