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A child undergoing treatment for measles at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, as cases surge across the city and hospitals see a growing influx of young patients. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles outbreak: 12 more die in 24 hours, death toll crosses 450

During the same period, 1,192 patients with measles-like symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the country.

Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Hantavirus outbreak tests post-Covid health communications playbook

Child under treatment for measles at DNCC Covid-19 dedicated hospital in the capital on 7 May 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Measles mortality surges as outside-Dhaka patients arrive late at hospitals 

A child undergoing treatment for measles at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, as cases surge across the city and hospitals see a growing influx of young patients. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles outbreak: Death toll reaches 439 as 7 more children die in 24hrs

Doctors pose with five premature babies and their parents at Bangladesh Medical University after the newborns were discharged from the NICU following weeks of intensive care. Photo taken on 14 May 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Against all odds, BMU doctors save five premature babies born together

Children are undergoing treatment for measles in Chattogram medical. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Measles outbreak in Ctg persists, 9 wards identified as hotspots, adults also infected

Photo: Collected

Chips, chanachur loaded with excess salt – cause 24,000 deaths a year

A woman nebulises a child undergoing treatment for measles at a hospital. Photo: TBS

8 more die from measles, related symptoms; death toll crosses 430

Public awareness seminar marking World Salt Awareness Week 2026 held on 13 May 2026. Photo: Courtesy

24,000 die annually in Bangladesh due to high-sodium foods: Experts

Amid a severe measles outbreak in Dhaka, a large number of children are receiving treatment at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, where new cases are rising daily, and patients are being referred from various hospitals. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

3 more children die in Sylhet with measles, related symptoms, toll reaches 31

Chinese Embassy Cultural Counsellor Li Shaopeng and Sinovac Chief Business Director Li Ning handed over the polio vaccine to Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain Bakul. Photo: TBS

Sinovac donates 3.8 lakh doses of polio vaccine to Bangladesh

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from Covid-19

Passengers evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, disembark after landing at the Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands, May 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Hantavirus protocol breach at Dutch hospital as medics race to curb spread