Bangladesh measles outbreak: Death toll crosses 600 as 7 children die in 24 hours
After the latest fatalities, the cumulative number of suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths in the South Asian country has reached 601 since March 15.
A boat carrying scores of Rohingya people aboard capsized in the Bay of Bengal close to Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar on Monday, a police official said.
Dozens of people were reported missing, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The UN has raised the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to 537,000.
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The crisis began on August 25, when an insurgent group of the Rohingya Muslim minority staged a series of attacks on police and army posts in the Rakhine state.
The Myanmar military responded with large-scale offensive triggering the mass migration.
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