The health system in the neighboring country Pakistan has collapsed. There is an outcry due to the disease spreading among children.
The situation is that in one month, about 18,000 children have fallen ill in a single state, while 300 of them have died.
A report in Pakistan’s famous newspaper Dawn says that in January alone, about 300 children have died due to pneumonia in East Punjab, while more than 18,000 children have fallen victim to this disease.
In view of the health crisis, the provincial government has extended school holidays, reduced class hours and made wearing face masks mandatory.
According to UNICEF, almost half of childhood pneumonia deaths are linked to air pollution.
Reports say that Lahore’s Children Hospital is receiving hundreds of cases every day. Most of the children admitted in the children ward are suffering from cough and strain in the lungs.
He is having trouble breathing. The problem has been further aggravated by the suffocating smog created by extreme cold and pollution. Government vaccination rates have also seen a decline.
Smog levels in Pakistan’s eastern megacities reach some of the worst levels in the world every winter.
Doctors have said rain usually brings relief and soaks up pollution particles, but Pakistan has faced an unusually dry and cold winter, leaving children vulnerable to respiratory infections.