The state of emergency in Samoa, declared due to the measles epidemic, has ended following a special Cabinet meeting. On Sunday's meeting, Cabinet unanimously approved the cancellation of the State of Emergency Orders in place. READ MORE:* Samoa measles outbreak: Death toll rises to 81 over Christmas* Samoa measles outbreak: Another death but vaccinations make an impact* Samoan Government takes emergency measures to immunise everyoneCabinet has also instructed that all works which were centralised and conducted by the National Emergency Operation Center, during the crisis are to be referred to the Health Emergency Operation Center for continuation. There are 46 measles cases in hospital, nine of that number are critically ill children; another critical patient is a pregnant woman. It said twenty-one new measles cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.

Source: Stuff December 29, 2019 02:26 UTC