Seven more die in Bangladesh from measles, like symptoms

Seven more children died with measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Tuesday (27 October), bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,240 this year.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified six latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths while another as confirmed measles death.

With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,135 while confirmed deaths from measles stood at 105.

A total of 1,232 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 223,784.

Meanwhile, 63 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,541.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 199,127 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 191,090 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Source: UNB