Measles-outbreak-Bangladesh

Six more people died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours. During the same period, 1,464 people were newly affected by measles or developed symptoms of the disease. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information in its regular measles report on Wednesday. According to the report, six children died with measles symptoms in the country in the past 24 hours. However, no one died from confirmed measles infection during this period. Since...

Two people died from confirmed measles and four others died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours across the country. This brings the total number of deaths from measles and related symptoms to six in one day. During the same period, 1,390 new suspected and confirmed measles cases were reported. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information in a statement on Wednesday. The figures cover the period from 8 am Tuesday to 8 am Wednesday. According to DGHS d...

Amid the ongoing measles outbreak in the country, families are not only struggling to save their children’s lives but are also facing a heavy financial burden. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) jointly conducted a survey that said six out of every 10 families had to break into their savings to afford measles treatment, while around 89 percent of families were forced to take out loans to cover medical e...

Children under 9 months of age, who are not yet eligible for routine vaccination, are the most affected. Additionally, the measles outbreak has yielded no evidence of any genetic changes in the virus that could evade the protection offered by the currently used vaccine. This is what initial findings from ICDDR,B indicate.In a press release today (Monday), ICDDR,B said that given the scale of the outbreak, some have questioned whether genetic changes in the measles virus have reduced vaccine effe...

At least five more children have died in the past 24 hours, from 8 pm Wednesday to 8 am Thursday, with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh, while 1,148 new cases have been reported during the same period. According to a regular bulletin on measles issued Thursday by the Directorate General o...