In eight schools in Hawaii, at least 30% of students were unvaccinated as of the 2018-2019 school year.
Janice Okubo, a spokesperson for the Hawaii State Department of Health, called the low vaccination rates in those schools"very concerning," but stressed that most schools in Hawaii have high vaccination rates."We recently updated our state vaccination requirements for school entry, making them more stringent to strengthen immunity in our communities," Okubo said.
A nurse prepares vaccinations during a nationwide campaign against measles in the Samoan town of Le'auva'a, Dec. 2, 2019.The Samoa outbreak comes as measles deaths have surged worldwide, killing 140,000 people last year, most younger than 5 years old.reported to WHO in 2019 than during the same time period in 2018.
Hawaii's Lt. Gov. Josh Green, a physician, recently returned from an on-the-ground vaccination effort in Samoa. He and a team of 70 doctors and nurses worked alongside Samoan health workers to stave off additional outbreaks.
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