4 children die of measles, similar symptoms in 24 hours

Four children died of measles and similar symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,114 this year.
Of the latest fatalities, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified one as a confirmed measles death and the remaining three as suspected deaths.
With this, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 1,012, while confirmed deaths have reached 102.

A total of 1,221 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 194,084.
Meanwhile, 21 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 21,623.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 172,021 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 166,933 have recovered, according to DGHS data.