Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has said more than 2 crore children across the country have already been vaccinated against measles, surpassing the government’s initial target.
“The measles vaccination campaign is continuing despite exceeding the target,” he told reporters at Cumilla Medical College Hospital after visiting there and Cumilla General Hospital in the morning.
He said children are being immunised under both routine Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) and special outreach drives.
He added Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is working sincerely to prevent measles and assured that health sector problems will be resolved gradually.
Sixteen children died from measles‑like symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8am Sunday, the second‑highest single‑day toll since the outbreak in March.
With the latest fatalities, the death toll this year has climbed to 528.
