Over 200 Children Die Of Pneumonia Due To Extreme Cold In Pakistan
NDTV
Since January 1, a total of 10,520 pneumonia cases have been reported in the province. All the 220 deaths were in children under the age of five, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
Over 200 children have died in Pakistan's Punjab province due to pneumonia owing to extreme cold weather in the last three weeks, the government said on Friday.
According to the Punjab caretaker government, most of the children who died "were also not vaccinated of pneumonia, malnourished and had poor immunity for lack of breastfeeding." The government has already imposed a ban on holding a morning assembly in schools across the province till January 31 because of extreme weather.
Since January 1, a total of 10,520 pneumonia cases have been reported in the province. All the 220 deaths were in children under the age of five, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
