Six more children die with measles-like symptoms

FE REPORT

The number of child deaths related to measles has risen to 816 as six more children died with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until Saturday 8:00am.

Of the total fatalities, 95 were confirmed cases, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin. Meanwhile, as many as 613 suspected and 78 confirmed measles infections were recorded in the past hours.

The total number of suspected measles infections rose to 122,763 and confirmed infections to 15,272.

In response to a measles outbreak rapidly spreading across the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already vaccinated over 18.48 million children since April.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects individuals of all ages and remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.

Meanwhile, one more patient died of dengue infection in the same period taking the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 30.

As many as 439 new cases of dengue hospitalisations were reported in the past hours taking the total caseload to 12,640.

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