210 people died of measles in Sindh: WHO report

on Tuesday, January 1, 2013


KARACHI: World Health Organization has released its report on measles in Pakistan according to which 210 people died of measles in Sindh province.

According to the statistics stated in WHO report, 7,274 cases of measles were reported in the province. The report also stated that an emergency campaign against the epidemic has been kicked off from today, January 1 that will continue till January 9.

The campaign will aim to vaccinate 2.9 million children to fight against measles while the government of Sindh has provided 1.3 million injections for the said  purpose.

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