THE Samoan Government has reportedly seized the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine from around the country after the deaths of two babies in a local hospital.
TVNZ reports a one-year-old boy and a girl the same age both died within minutes of receiving the vaccine at Safotu Hospital in Savaii.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has called for an inquiry.
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