Five more children die from measles-like symptoms, toll hits 648

Five more children died from measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 648.
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the latest five deaths were classified as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 556, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 92.
A total of 733 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 84,899.
Meanwhile, 63 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,248, reports UNB.
Since March 15, a total of 69,606 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 65,852 have recovered, according to DGHS data.