Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The Samoan government announced Saturday that it has extended a state of emergency meant to contain an active measles epidemic that has sickened 5,100 people and killed 72.
Until Dec. 29 children up to the age of 14 years must show proof of immunization in order to board any inter-island ferry in Samoa, according to the government's Facebook page. Children under 14 are also prohibited from attending public gatherings in the island nation.