India, April 7 -- Over 100 people-mostly children-have died in a devastating measles outbreak in Bangladesh, marking one of the deadliest flare-ups of the disease in nearly two decades.

According to a health bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 11 people died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours alone. Since March 15, the total number of suspected measles-related deaths has risen to 128.

However, the DGHS has officially confirmed 21 deaths as directly linked to measles, alongside 1,398 confirmed cases so far, media reports said.

Systemic gaps blamed for crisis

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