Six Children Dead in Hours of Receiving Measles Vaccine in Balochistan

At least 6 children died within hours of being vaccinated for measles in Balochistan, a province of Pakistan that is currently seeing a separatist movement geared toward independence from Pakistan.

Different media sources have placed the death toll of the vaccinated children at 5 or 6 children on two successive days of the new vaccination campaign that started on Thursday. Pakistan Observer reported the death of 6 children, three on Thursday and three more on Friday in Qila Saifullah district of Balochistan. A number of other children, who received the measles vaccine, are said to be in critical condition.

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