8 more die with measles-like symptoms
Eight more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am today (15 November), taking the combined number of suspected and laboratory-confirmed measles-related deaths in Bangladesh to 1,314.
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6 more children die with measles-like symptoms
Six more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,295.
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