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Four children die of mysterious disease in Swat

The Newspaper's Correspondent
April 02, 2018

MINGORA: Four children have died while 12 others are fighting with a mysterious disease that has broken out in a remote village of Bahrain tehsil of Swat.

According to the relatives and parents of the children, the illness which could not be identified by the doctors had broken out in Ghon Pattey village of Mankyal valley a week ago. They said 16 children were shifted to the tehsil hospital in Madyan but there were no adequate medical facilities there due to which four children died.
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1399028

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Machine translated article.

Dangers spread a dangerous disease, four children died, thirteen inches
on: April 01, 2018In: Local News Tags: children , mankyal , swat , wba
Swat (from Dear Colami), measles of Malakal area of ​​Valley Colam Valley, four people were killed, more than four children were affected, the health department was asked to take emergency measures, according to locals, according to local people for the past three days. Measuring area is spreading measles in which Charbaboks have died while thirteen children are sick, yet the health department has not reached the area, Tehsil Nazim Habibullah Saqib, also confirmed that the disease has said that The health department should immediately reach medical teams to avoid further harm,
http://swatnews.com/story-24241/

Measles outbreak claims lives of four children in Swat

Measles is a fatal disease which can be prevented by getting the affected child vaccinated first in nine months and for the second time in 15 months
SWAT: Four children lost their lives due to a measles outbreak in the Bahrain tehsil of Swat.

According to Bahrain Nazim Habibullah, thirteen other affected children were shifted to Saidu Sharif Hospital in Swat.

Habibullah added that the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) teams failed to carry out vaccination in the area, which resulted in the outbreak.
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https://www.geo.tv/latest/189026-measles-outbreak-claims-lives-of-four-children-in-swat

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Four Children Die Of Measles In Swat

April 02, 2018

By Rafiullah Khan

Mingora: At least four children have died and over hundred are hospitalized following measles outbreak in Mankial tehsil of Bahrain in Swat.

The health officials of Saidu Sharif hospital reported that over hundred children were admitted in the hospital due to measles epidemic and four of them have died.

The victims include three-year-old Salman and one and a half-year-old Luqman who are both brothers, six-year-old Sarbaz Khan and five-year-old girl Farhat.
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https://www.radiotnn.com/locals-in-swat-panic-as-measles-outbreak-takes-toll/