Measles outbreak: Four die in Upper Dir and Nowshera, several others in KP affected

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After Punjab, measles gripped different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) resulting in the death of four children while over a dozen others were affected.

According to details, in Nihag area of Upper Dir, KP two brothers, six-year-old Saniyal and four-year-old Hammed died of measles while Sapna, Lubna and Saman were under treatment at a local hospital.

In Khaisra area of Nowshera district, nine children of a family were hospitalised after being affected by measles and four-year-old Aleena expired during treatment.

Abdul Rehman, aged seven, Waleed Ahmed and one-year-old Tayyeba were under treatment in a hospital of Peshawar. Five children affected of measles were under treatment in Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar.

Meanwhile, two-year-old Umer Yaseen hailing from Shahdara area of Lahore affected of the disease expired in Mayo Hospital raising death toll in Punjab to 50.