Measles epidemic in Bangladesh: 999 children have died since the beginning of the year

The General Directorate of Health Services under the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh made a statement about the measles epidemic in the country.

Accordingly, the number of children who have died due to suspected measles in the country since the beginning of the year has increased to 999 as of yesterday.

In the country where more than 100 children died due to the disease in the last month, more than 166 thousand suspected measles cases have been recorded since March.

In the emergency vaccination campaign launched in the country in March, priority was given to children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years, and the vaccination process was later gradually expanded to cover the whole country.

Measles, which can cause pneumonia and encephalopathy, stands out as one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths worldwide.