Dhaka, May 3 -- More than 81% of children in Bangladesh have received measles vaccine and the government is working to achieve 100 percent coverage soon, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain said on Sunday.

"We have achieved 81% coverage in measles vaccination. The remaining children will brought under vaccination very soon," the minister said at a press briefing at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka after the second session of the Deputy Commissioners' Conference.

Measles is currently under control in the country and the death rate has declined significantly, he said.

There is an adequate supply of vaccines and distribution across the country is running smoothly, he said.

A nationwide emergency measles-rubel...