Bangladesh measles outbreak updates. Follow Bhaskar English. Amist the worsening measles outbreak in Bangladesh more than 1,000 children have lost their lives, even as authorities race to contain the disease through one of the countrys largest emergency immunisation campaigns, according to a BBC report citing government, World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef data. The outbreak, which surged in March 2026, has now infected more than 194,000 people, making Bangladesh the country with the high