Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises
Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates have complicated their efforts to turn the tide on an epidemic that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children.
Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children.
Edwin Tamasese has been charged with "incitement against a government order," according to the BBC.
Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates such as Tamesese have complicated their sweeping efforts to turn the tide on the highly on the independent Pacific islands.
