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Measles-like symptoms claim 5 more lives

Greenwatch Desk Disease 2026-08-28, 5:01pm

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Five children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 960 this year.


The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all five latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 861, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99.

A total of 1,100 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 154,792.

Meanwhile, 70 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,796, reports UNB.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 135,473 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 130,457 have recovered, according to DGHS data.