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10 more children die of measles in Lahore
Not WoT related, but this sort of thing doesn't happen in civilized countries...
LAHORE: Ten more children died of measles in Lahore on Monday, bringing the death toll in this city to 65 and 120 across Punjab. The ten children breathed their last in different hospitals of Lahore on Monday as the provincial government has failed to curb the outbreak despite vaccination campaigns.

Over 14,000 children have been affected by the disease and are under treatment in government hospitals across Punjab.

Health Department officials claim the situation would be brought under control after two or three weeks when children get proper anti-measles vaccination.

Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan of Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Punjab health department to take measures on war footing to control the measles epidemic. The judge also ordered the director general health and other officials to personally appear on May 29. The judge remarked that the steps taken by the health department to control the disease are unsatisfactory and children are dying every day.

Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique moved the petition submitting that the Punjab in particular and the rest of the areas of Pakistan in general have been caught by measles. He said that such a disease mostly occurs amongst children and is preventable if precautionary measures are taken by the concerned authorities before its outbreak.
So are the Talibunnies also opposed to measles vaccinations?

Posted by: Steve White 2013-05-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=369185