DGHS says 16 deaths showed measles-like symptoms, one was confirmed measles

Sixteen more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, raising the death toll from measles and measles-like symptoms to 528.

Measles, once considered largely under control, has returned with alarming force across the globe.

DGHS reports total fatalities rise to 512

Sent five to six letters to the health authorities and discussed the issue in 10 meetings, says Unicef representative to Bangladesh

Vitamin A deficiency usually occurs during measles infection.

A heavy, grief-stricken silence was witnessed outside the Paediatric Ward and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) yesterday afternoon.

A public interest petition claimed policy failures, procurement changes and weak healthcare infrastructure contributed to the measles outbreak

Of the 11, two are confirmed measles deaths

Private hospitals asked to create separate wards, reserve beds for measles patients nationwide

The government is set to revive intensive care unit (ICU) services at 10 district hospitals as authorities continue to struggle to provide critical care to a growing number of measles patients amid a spike in cases and deaths.

Of them, one is a confirmed measles death

A mother who has lost her child to a preventable disease like measles carries an unimaginable grief. To have that grief met with the accusation that her child died because she was worried about her “fitness” is an act of cruelty that no apology can fix.

Twelve more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 451.

“For the past two months, innocent children have been dying, and there has been no discussion about it in parliament. No one is taking responsibility.

The number of confirmed and suspected measles cases crossed 60,000 as the country recorded 1,615 suspected and confirmed cases in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Of the 9, 3 are confirmed measles deaths

PM’s adviser hopes the probe into measles crisis will be credible

Almost half of the 60 children who died from confirmed measles were below nine months of age, government data showed, meaning they were not yet eligible for routine vaccination.

Revised figures expose weaknesses in health surveillance.