Staff Reporter:
Eight more children have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, bringing the total number of deaths to 628.
Of the new deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS confirmed one death as measles-related while seven others as suspected.
With the latest figure, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 536 while the confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 92.
A total of 1,092 suspected measles cases were recorded in 24 hours, taking the overall cases to 80,104.
During the same period, 93 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 9,779.
Since March 15, a total of 65,237 suspected measles patients were hospitalised, of whom 61, 278 have recovered, according to the DGHS.
The government with support from UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, on April 5 launched an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect more than 1.2 million children aged 6 months to 5 years across 30 upazilas in 18 high-risk districts.
Besides, a nationwide emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign was launched on April 20 aimed at addressing the ongoing outbreak, aiming to vaccinate around 1.8 crore children aged 6 months to un-der 5 years across the country.
On May 11, Health Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain said the measles situation is expected to come under control within four weeks as vaccinated people will develop immunity during this period.
