Five more children died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,444 people were recorded with suspected or confirmed measles over the same period.
The figures were given in the Directorate General of Health Services’ regular measles report on Tuesday.
The report said the five children who died in the past 24 hours had measles symptoms. No one died of test-confirmed measles in that period.
According to the directorate, 1,184 people have died with measles symptoms across the country between 15 March and now. Over the same period, 105 people died of confirmed measles, bringing deaths from measles and measles symptoms to 1,289.
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