Bangladesh faces its worst measles outbreak, killing 1,002 children and infecting nearly 190,000 since March.
Officials say a mass immunisation campaign missed millions of children as hospitals run out of beds.
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At least 1,002 children have died from measles in Bangladesh, according to the country’s health officials, amid the world’s worst ongoing outbreak.
On Wednesday, health officials from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) also reported 187,484 measles infections since the outbreak began in March.
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