The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported that seven more children have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Tuesday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,240.
It said on Tuesday in their daily measles report that one died from confirmed measles in Dhaka division in the past 24 hours while other six new suspected fatalities, two each death reported in Khulna and Chattogram division while one each in Barishal and Dhaka division.