Tag: Measles
More measles cases surface in Karachi
KARACHI: At least 323 suspected measles cases have been reported across the Karachi city since the 1st January, out of these cases 76 kids...
Punjab at potential risk of measles outbreak: report
LAHORE: Punjab is at a potential risk of the measles outbreak as an alarmingly high number of cases of the disease have been reported...
Measles virus kills four more children
KHAIRPUR: Four more children died due to measles virus in Ubaro and Faiz Gunj on Thursday.
According to detail, measles virus has been spreading in...
Three minors die of measles
KHAIRPUR: Three children, who were infected due to measles, died in the Khairpur district on Wednesday.
According to details, the children, the bodies of measles-affected children...
Two minors die of measles near Khairpur
KHAIRPUR: Two minor children died of measles in different areas of Khairpur district on Sunday.
A minor girl, Hanifan Mahar, aged 3, died of the disease...
30 million children to be vaccinated against measles
ISLAMABAD: Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) planned to launch campaign against measles in October, targeting around 30 million children of less than five years...
Measles claim 10 lives in Sindh over past two days
At least 10 children have died of measles in Sindh over the weekend, adding to dozens of deaths since the apparent outbreak began last...
Badin DC visits measles-affected village
BADIN: Badin Deputy Commissioner Dr Shehzad Tahir Thaheem took notice of news published in different newspapers in connection with the measles disease in village...
Measles claim more eight lives in Sindh
KARACHI: As many as eight children have died from vaccine-preventable disease, measles, in Sindh province while more than 100 others were also affected from...
Summary for regularisation of dengue workers sent to CM: minister
LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir on Saturday said that the health department was proud of the dengue workers and...
Another child dies of measles in Larakana
LARKANA: Another child expired of measles at village Faqeerpur near Madeji on Tuesday, bringing the number of victims to three.
Five-year Samiya Brohi, daughter of...
Measles outbreak claims 10 lives in Umerkot
Health officials confirm six deaths in a gypsy tribe
A measles outbreak has so far claimed lives of 10 children aged up to 12...
Three kids die of measles in Allah Warayo Solangi, Sindh
Three kids died of measles in village Allah Warayo Solangi, recently. With the news highlighting the issue, the health authorities woke up from their...
Health minister wakes up to deaths from measles
Sindh Health Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Monday directed the Health secretary and EPI Programme CEO to submit a report regarding the deaths...
Long-delayed measles campaign will have to wait…
The long-delayed anti-measles campaign in Islamabad, which was to be carried out in June last year, will now be launched in August or first...
Measles claims three more in Karak
Measles death toll rose to five as three more children died of the disease in Karak on Saturday.
Different areas of Karak district of Khyber...
Measles vaccine causes trouble in Karak
At least six children of a private school fell unconscious and were shifted to a hospital after being administered measles’ vaccine in Karak district...