1710 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/editorial/54430A crisis deserves a crisis-like response. There is no other way. Judging from how the Government had shutdown the country during the past two days in scenes never seen before on these shores, these are desperate times. And understandably so. The death toll from the measles crisis continues to climb.Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:15:00 +0100samoaobserver-37f306d441713d513826e84e4fb2eb0120191206211500https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unvaccinated-families-told-hang-red-21025800Twenty five babies have died amid a rising death toll from a measles outbreak that has ripped through Samoa. Authorities in the small Pacific Islands nation have declared an emergency as the death toll climbs to 60 - with the vast majority of those who have lost their lives children aged under five.Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:58:00 +0100themirror-a4d7195568d6770cd3f087f8fd630ba220191204205800https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/117935346/samoan-measles-funeral-director-refuses-payment-from-families-burying-their-youngBehind Tofilau Henry Papalii-Bourke's smile you can see a deepening sadness as he counts out the number of children his company has had to prepare. In the space of two weeks, he has had to bury the equivalent of a classroom full of children. Papalii-Bourke is the director of Ligaliga Fusi and Sons....Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:50:00 +0100Stuff-9d8089151a1cd336bb67194cd840182c20191204055000https://reliefweb.int/report/samoa/samoa-measles-outbreak-emergency-plan-action-epoaHost National Society presence: Samoa Red Cross Society (SRCS) is one of the core members of the Health Sector and a standing member for Disaster Advisory Committee which holds mandate in any disaster or emergency response within Samoa. SRCS has a long history of its independent role that advocates....Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:34:00 +0100reliefWeb-f965e1bfe9488aff0b9ad067a59d5b5b20191203133400