
At least 986 children have died in a measles outbreak in Bangladesh since March, with suspected and confirmed cases exceeding 180,000, according to health ministry figures cited at Dhaka's Shishu Hospital where mothers keep vigil beside sick children.
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Measles is highly contagious, spreading through coughs and sneezes, and has no specific treatment once caught. The outbreak has overwhelmed Dhaka's Shishu Hospital with scores of children in measles wards.
Cries of sick children and the hiss of oxygen machines fill the air at Dhaka’s Shishu Hospital, where Rima Akter keeps a vigil beside her nine-month-old son.
“Just an hour ago, a child died, and they wheeled him out in front of us,” 30-year-old Akter said on Thursday. “We saw two children die today.”
Akter’s son Sabit Haque is one of scores filling the children’s hospital’s measles wards.
At least 986 children have died since March, while suspected and confirmed cases have surged past 180,000, according to the latest health ministry figures.
Measles is highly contagious, spreading through coughs and sneezes, and has no specific treatment once caught.

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