Bangladesh, May 18 -- Six children died from measles or measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), as the country's worsening outbreak drew fresh political fire and renewed calls from the opposition to declare a national health emergency.
Of the latest deaths, one was laboratory-confirmed as measles; the remaining five were classified as suspected cases.
During the same 24-hour window, 1,274 patients with measles symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the country, of whom 243 were confirmed through testing.
"After December 2020, until we began the programme in 2026, no measles vaccines were administered.
In fact, we did not even have a single measles vacc...