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Samoa's Capital Deserted as Teams Battle Measles Door to Door

Associated Press

   WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - Samoa's main streets were eerily quiet
   Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles
   epidemic that has killed 62 people.

   The government told most public and private workers to stay home
   Thursday and Friday and shut down roads to nonessential vehicles as
   teams began going door-to-door to administer vaccines.

   Families in the Pacific island nation were asked to hang red flags from
   their houses if they needed to be vaccinated.

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