Bangladesh-measles-outbreak

Seven people died from measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours. During this time, 1,319 people were admitted to hospitals with measles or its symptoms. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the matter on Sunday in the regular measles-related bulletin.   According to data from the DGHS, 1,092 people died with measles symptoms in the country from 15 March to 18 October of this year. During the same period, another 104 people died after being confirm...

Three more children died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. During the same period, 1,349 children were infected with measles or developed measles symptoms. The information was revealed in the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) latest measles update released on Friday. According to the report, three more children died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours. However, no child died from confirmed measles during this period. The report also said that a...

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said 11 people died with measles and showing its symptoms. DGHS reported that four deaths that occurred on Monday (unreported) were included in Tuesday’s count due to delayed information reporting. With this, the death toll from measles since March has reached 1,076. Their data reveals that 1,270 people sought treatment at various hospitals across the country due to measles infection in the last 24 hours. During this period, 113 confirmed...

Both measles and dengue are preventable diseases. Yet, in a single day, these two diseases claimed 16 lives. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the matter in its regular bulletins. In the last 24 hours, 8 people died of measles while another 8 people lost their lives to dengue. Moreover, 1,232 people were newly infected with measles, and 1,733 people were hospitalized after contracting dengue. As deaths and infections from these two preventable diseases continu...

With the rise of measles and dengue infections in the country, concerns have emerged over the public health situation. On one hand, the death toll of patients showing measles symptoms is nearly 1,000, while on the other hand, the number of deaths from dengue has exceeded 100. The increasing number of infections and hospital admissions from both diseases is also putting additional pressure on the healthcare system. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), three pe...