During the same period, 1,134 patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide with measles-like symptoms.
A child undergoing treatment for measles at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, as cases surge across the city and hospitals see a growing influx of young patients. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
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A child undergoing treatment for measles at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, as cases surge across the city and hospitals see a growing influx of young patients. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Three children died of measles-like symptoms between 8am yesterday (31 May) and 8am today (1 June), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest fatalities the death toll reached 588.
During the same period, 1,134 patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide with measles-like symptoms.
Of these, 45 cases were laboratory-confirmed as measles.
So far this year, at least 90 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh. In addition, 498 children have died with symptoms consistent with measles.
DGHS data shows that between 15 March and 1 June a total of 9,094 measles cases were confirmed through laboratory testing.
According to the latest health bulletin, 72,070 suspected measles cases have been identified nationwide. Of these 53,722 patients have already been discharged after receiving treatment
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