Dhaka, April 17 -- Five more children have died in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours due to measles and related symptoms, as the outbreak continues to strain an already stretched health system.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, three of the deaths were confirmed measles cases, while two were linked to symptoms consistent with the disease. The fatalities occurred between 8 am April 16 and 8 am April 17, local time, reports Prothom Alo.
Hospitals across the country are operating on overdrive, with 1,115 children having been admitted with consistent symptoms of measles during the same period, out of which 127 cases are confirmed to be measles.
Dhaka division remained the hardest hit, accounting for the majority of infec...