Bangladesh, Nov. 9 -- A couple in Chattogram have been gutted after the loss of both their young sons to co-infections of dengue and measles within a span of just three days.

Advertisement Noor Mohammad Arafat, 10, died on Friday morning, followed shortly after, at 1:00 am on Monday by his 10-month-old brother Mohammad Abu Bakkar.

The tragedies have devastated their parents, private firm employee Mohammad Kabir and his wife Amena Begum, residents of the city's Panchlaish Hillview Residential Area, bdnews24.com reports.

Prof Didarul Alam, head of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Medical College, told bdnews24.com that both boys contracted dengue and measles simultaneously, which later triggered sever...