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 &quot;were also not vaccinated of pneumonia, malnourished and had poor immunity for lack of breastfeeding.&quot;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The government has already imposed a ban on holding a morning assembly in schools across the province till the 31st of January because of extreme weather.&nbsp; Since start of this month, 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.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The government has asked the children to wear masks, wash their hands and use warm clothes so that they can be prevented from catching pneumonia.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 27, 2024 10:28 AM
200 children die in Pakistan's Punjab province due to pneumonia