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Staff Reporter Front Page 2026-10-18, 4:21pm

Measles take 7 more lives in 24 hrs

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Seven more children have died of measles symptoms in the last 24 hours across the country. At the same time, 1,319 children have been infected with measles symptoms and confirmed measles across the country. This information was given in a press release sent from the control room of the Directorate General of Health Services on Sunday.

It said that the number of patients identified with measles symptoms in the last 24 hours is 1,254 and the total number of measles patients from March 15 to October 18 is 213,244. The number of confirmed measles patients in the last 24 hours is 65, and the number of confirmed measles patients from March 15 to October 18 is 23,122.


From March 15 to October 18, 189,484 children have been admitted to hospitals with measles symptoms. At the same time, 181,756 children have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. Seven children have died of measles symptoms in the last 24 hours and a total of 1,092 children have died of measles symptoms from March 15 to October 18. No one has died from confirmed measles in the last 24 hours, and 104 people have died from confirmed measles from March 15 to October 18.