Two more children died of measles in Punjab, raising the total deaths to 166 in the province.
According to Health Department officials, deaths were reported from Allied Hospital Faisalabad where a boy and girl identified as one-year-old Ahmed Sarfaraz and seven-month-old Haseena, died on Wednesday.
As many as, 200 new cases of measles were reported in Punjab, including 35 from Lahore hospitals during the last 24 hours and the total number of measles cases rose to 18,395 in six months.
A focal person of the Extended Programme for Immunisation (EPI), Dr Younas, said that all set to launch anti-measles drive in 12 high risk districts of Punjab from June 24. He claimed that the number of measles cases had started to decrease due to special anti-measles drive last month.
Separately, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Punjab government is taking all possible steps for providing best treatment facilities to the measles affected children and also protecting the children from measles.
He said that special anti-measles vaccination campaign is being launched from June 24 in 12 districts for saving the children from measles. He said that measles campaign in six districts would be started from June 28. He said that Punjab government would provide all necessary funds for saving the children from measles. While expressing his serious annoyance for not purchasing vaccine on time, the chief minister directed that the vaccine for the vaccination of the children in remaining districts should be imported immediately by air according to the standard of WHO and the companies of good repute should also be contacted for this purpose.
He said that life of every child is precious and we have to save the lives of innocent children. He said that the importers should also be contacted for the availability of anti-measles vaccine in the market. He said that the work should be done against measles on the pattern of anti-dengue campaign and a vigorous awareness campaign about the treatment and protection from measles should be launched through electronic and print media.
Showbaz is preoccupied with Metro Bus and postings/transfers of people and some money. The life of common people's children is not his responsibility. Please do not disturb his concentration,after all it is not that easy to have a dozen ministeries and a large family. Pakistan Today have a heart.
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