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Fast-Spreading Measles Outbreak Has Killed at Least 30 in Bangladesh ...

Health officials aim to vaccinate 18 million children as the government says delayed immunization left coverage gaps and shortages of testing kits slowed the response.

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DHAKA, April 23 (Reuters) – Bangladesh has confirmed 30 deaths in a measles outbreak that has spread rapidly across the country, ​with most of the victims aged ‌under two, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In what it described as a reversal of progress towards measles elimination in Bangladesh, the WHO said there ‌had ​also been another 166 suspected ⁠deaths from the disease ⁠since mid-March. Health experts said it was the highest …

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Dawn broke the news in Pakistan on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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