Over 200 children have died in Pakistan‘s Punjab province because of pneumonia owing to excessive chilly climate within the final three weeks, the federal government stated on Friday.
In accordance with the Punjab caretaker authorities, many of the kids who died “had been additionally not vaccinated of pneumonia, malnourished and had poor immunity for lack of breastfeeding.”
The federal government has already imposed a ban on holding a morning meeting in faculties throughout the province until January 31 due to excessive climate.
Since January 1, a complete of 10,520 pneumonia instances have been reported within the province. All of the 220 deaths had been in kids beneath the age of 5, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
Mukhtar Ahmed, director of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Punjab, stated infants in Pakistan are often administered with their first anti-pneumonia vaccine, referred to as PCV, about six weeks after beginning.
“From beginning until the age of two, the EPI ensures {that a} child receives 12 vaccines in opposition to totally different ailments,” he stated. “Of those, three are to guard kids from pneumonia.
“Pneumonia might be brought on by each micro organism and virus. Vaccinated kids are secure in opposition to bacterial an infection however they’ll nonetheless be affected by viral pneumonia.”
The federal government has requested the youngsters to put on masks, wash their palms and use heat garments in order that they are often prevented from catching pneumonia.
“Final yr 990 kids died of pneumonia in Punjab,” it stated and expressed grave concern over the rise of pneumonia instances among the many kids within the province.
The federal government has requested senior medical doctors to undertake preventive measures to avoid wasting kids from catching pneumonia.
Viral pneumonia ailments are quickly rising amongst kids because of a rise within the chilly climate and this illness spreads like COVID-19, it stated.
In accordance with the Punjab caretaker authorities, many of the kids who died “had been additionally not vaccinated of pneumonia, malnourished and had poor immunity for lack of breastfeeding.”
The federal government has already imposed a ban on holding a morning meeting in faculties throughout the province until January 31 due to excessive climate.
Since January 1, a complete of 10,520 pneumonia instances have been reported within the province. All of the 220 deaths had been in kids beneath the age of 5, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
Mukhtar Ahmed, director of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Punjab, stated infants in Pakistan are often administered with their first anti-pneumonia vaccine, referred to as PCV, about six weeks after beginning.
“From beginning until the age of two, the EPI ensures {that a} child receives 12 vaccines in opposition to totally different ailments,” he stated. “Of those, three are to guard kids from pneumonia.
“Pneumonia might be brought on by each micro organism and virus. Vaccinated kids are secure in opposition to bacterial an infection however they’ll nonetheless be affected by viral pneumonia.”
The federal government has requested the youngsters to put on masks, wash their palms and use heat garments in order that they are often prevented from catching pneumonia.
“Final yr 990 kids died of pneumonia in Punjab,” it stated and expressed grave concern over the rise of pneumonia instances among the many kids within the province.
The federal government has requested senior medical doctors to undertake preventive measures to avoid wasting kids from catching pneumonia.
Viral pneumonia ailments are quickly rising amongst kids because of a rise within the chilly climate and this illness spreads like COVID-19, it stated.
