Bangladesh hospital wards crowded as measles toll nears grim 1,000-child mark

Health Ministry reports 843 new measles-like cases and 74 infections, raising totals to 163,105 and 19,641

Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies. Cries of sick children and the hiss of oxygen machines fill the…