Bangladesh Measles Outbreak Approaches 1,000 Child Deaths Amid Hospital Strain
A severe measles epidemic in Bangladesh has claimed nearly 1,000 lives, predominantly among children, overwhelming medical facilities nationwide. Health officials are accelerating vaccination campaigns and seeking international aid to contain the rapidly spreading disease.
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Bangladesh measles outbreak nears 1,000 child deaths as hospital wards overflow
Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies. 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...
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Bangladesh's deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies.
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