A child receives a dose of measles-rubella vaccine in Dhaka on April 12

A child receives a dose of measles-rubella vaccine in Dhaka on April 12

 Munir UZ ZAMAN

Bangladesh has recorded 227 child deaths since March in one of its worst outbreaks of measles in decades, with the number of suspected cases reaching nearly 35,000, government data showed Wednesday.

One of the hardest hit areas is Kurukpata in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, home to Indigenous communities, which border war-torn Myanmar.

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