Two more children die with measles-like symptoms

Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,251 this year.

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

With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,146 while confirmed deaths from measles remain same at 105.

A total of 1,316 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 227,673.

Meanwhile, 75 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,770.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 202,639 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 194,399 have recovered, according to DGHS data.