Tag: Measles

Seven more die of measles in Sindh and Punjab

Government and health authorities have failed to overcome the unabated epidemic measles deaths which claimed another seven children’s lives in Sindh and Punjab. According...

Two more children die of measles

Two children died on Wednesday due to measles raising the death toll in Punjab to 13. Despite claims of the Punjab government that...

32 measles deaths reported in Balochistan

32 children died of measles in Balochistan, Manager Expanded Program on Immunization Doctor Anwer said. However, the outbreak was controlled through and extensive 22-districts...

Measles epidemic hits Islamabad!

The number of measles affected children is rising day by day in government run hospitals of federal capital. It has been learnt that 4...

Army provides prompt treatment in measles affected areas

After the outbreak of measles epidemic, the army, along with other government organisations, also took swift action and dispatched free medical camps to the...

Only vaccinated children to be allowed admission to schools

Punjab Health Department decided on Monday that children who had not been vaccinated for measles, polio, hepatitis and TB would not be issued their...

Govt working to cope with measles: Bijarani

Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Hazar Khan Bijarani on Thursday said that the government had provided 10.2 million doses of measles vaccines to overcome the...

39 children die of measles in 45 days

At least two more children died of measles here on Wednesday. A 7-year-old girl, Khairan, and a 2-year-old boy, Jaffar, died of the disease...

Measles claims two more in Shikarpur

Measles death toll climbed to 415 as more children died of measles on Wednesday. Per details, two children hail from Shikarpur and Khanpur each including...

Federal Ombudsman takes notice of measles outbreak

Acting Federal Ombudsman Salman Farooqui on Saturday took suo moto notice on the media reports of the large number of deaths of children caused...

9 more children die of measles in Sindh

Claims of federal and provincial governments and steps taken by health authorities failed to overcome measles as another nine children died of the disease...

Measles claims 29 lives in just 40 days

At least four more children died of measles here on Thursday. The death toll now has risen to 29 in the city and its...

7 dead, 800 affected in Balochistan measles epidemic

The number of children affected by measles in Balochistan has reached 800 and at least seven children have died because of the disease. Balochistan...

800 cases of measles reported in Punjab

During a surveillance drive, 800 cases of measles were reported in different parts of Punjab, a majority of which were reported from Lahore, Punjab...

Aseefa Bhutto launches anti-polio campaign

Pakistan's ambassador for Polio eradication Aseefa Bhutto Zardari re launched the anti-polio campaign in Sindh on Tuesday. Aseefa administered anti-polio vaccine drops to infants...

Measles claims two more lives, death toll mounts to 257 in...

Two more children died of measles and the toll has mounted to a horrible 257 in the Sindh province. Two deaths occured in Ghotki and...

Four killed in various incidents

Two dead bodies were found from different areas of the city, while two people were gunned down by unidentified culprits in Karachi on Sunday. The...