Published February 03,2024
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Over 19,000 youngsters have been recognized with pneumonia throughout Pakistan‘s northeastern province of Punjab prior to now month, officers mentioned on Saturday.
The state of affairs is exacerbated by chilly climate, smog and dirt.
Jamal Nasir, a senior well being official, mentioned the illness impacts folks within the province yearly.
“Every year 55,000 to 60,000 children die in Pakistan because of pneumonia and this is not the first time,” Nasir mentioned in a video assertion.
He urged mother and father to vaccinate their youngsters.
“We are providing free vaccination across the province and parents should vaccinate their children,” he mentioned.
The chilly wave nonetheless grips Pakistan because the nation’s central and northern components obtained heavy rain and heavy snowfall in previous couple of days.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
